Someone questioned how ants can move rock when I used the phrase rock anthills in the last post. In case you are all interested, I will answer here. We have two kinds of ants at my place in Central Oregon. One builds mounds of tiny stones. The other builds mounds from juniper duff. The stone mounds are really quite beautiful because of the red rock in the area. There are two photos at the top of this website, although I did not get a good profile of a mound. You can still see the stones with the germination on top. The mounds are anywhere from a foot to several feet across to 6" -8" high.
http://carolynstrong.tumblr.com/ There was a program segment on ants in Central Oreogn several years ago. They claimed that some mounds can be hundreds of years old. I chastise anyone who steps near mine. Carolyn Poff Strong ---------------------- On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Carolyn Strong < [email protected]> wrote: > It is unseasonably nice in the Pacific Northwest. In Portland Thursday felt > like April when I shoveled a truck of compost without even a light jacket! > Now east of the Cascades is the same... ground thawing, mid 50s with light > wind. Slowly weaning my birds off the feeders so they will get into the > wild again. The rock anthills are green on the southsides with germinating > seeds. > > Carolyn Poff Strong > Zone 8 & 3 >
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