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Unseasonal Bloom and Wildlife Notes From Central Texas
A reader reports unusual weather and late season blooms in June 1976, including fall asters and mums in bloom and Olivia Dee's Christmas cactus with five blooms. The piece notes record low 50s on the summer solstice, unusual bird sightings in Texas, and local wildlife anecdotes from the Blanco River to Cypress Creek, plus a report on canebrake rattlesnakes near Bastrop State Park and a bottlenose dolphins rescue tale from Soviet aid.
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Olivia Dee
Izzard
Houston
Texas
Iceland
Bastrop State Park
Joe Alexanders
Louisiana
Deep East
W. Frank Blair
University of Texas
Lost Pines
Blanco River
Hilda Thurman
South America
Franklin
Lone Man Creek
Jaworski Ranch
Lucille Mumford
Rocky River Camp
North America
Kansas
United States
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