News from the Softball World!

King Mitchell (aka Mitch) Well softball fans, the softball world here in the SaddleBrooke ‘hood is into the fall season. That means, among other things, that most of our fall and winter snowbirds have drifted on in and the rosters are filling up. It’s good to see them back. Well, most of them—yours truly generally…

Attention: New Deadline and How to Submit an Article

The new deadline going forward for the SaddleBrooke Ranch Roundup is the 10th of every month. Because the 10th falls on a Saturday in December, the deadline for the January edition is Dec. 9 by 4 p.m. Please send your submission on time, and early if possible! You can email your submissions to editorial@robson.com or use…

Nature’s Way: What Is the Christmas Bird Count?

Jim Hoagland This year, more than 80,000 volunteers will participate in the Audubon’s 123rd Christmas Bird Count (CBC) starting on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, through Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. It is the longest-running citizen science census survey in the world, starting back in 1900. What is the history of the CBC? Up through the 19th…