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Winter Treasure Hunt (Part 1: critter feet!)
Like the paleontologist who delights in discoveries of trace fossils – information-rich footprints, trackways, skin imprints and coprolites – I am rewarded with historical records of the comings and...
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Winter Treasure Hunt (Part 2: stories in the snow)
(Continued from Part 1: critter feet!) The lonely road provided this wanderer with a wonderful range of habitats; old fields, dense cedar stands, deep swaths of maturing hardwood forest…and every so...
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A woodpecker’s near miss, mystery lichen (FUNGUS!) and hidden treasures
I was on a bark-peeling mission today…I found this: This pupa was found under bark of a dying tree. The thin, translucent, filamentous fibres of the cocoon encircled the pupa; it was evident where...
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Pileated Woodpecker/Supermodel
I was rushing out the door to my car…I had to drive my mother-in-law to a doctor’s appointment. As I fumbled in my pocket for the keys, I heard it: THOCK. THOCK-THOCK. THOCK. Coming from just...
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Bird Sanctua…OMGSHINY
South of my home, there is a swath of land that has been designated a migratory bird sanctuary. It provides a variety of habitats, from cattail marshes to mature hardwood forest, and boasts an...
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Cheek-adees
These guys were just too funny. I was out and about at the Bird Sanctuary. I passed first over a long, lichen-encrusted boardwalk that stretched across a lovely cattail mash. The red-winged...
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Boy, this is galling…
I can’t recall ever seeing insect galls on a raspberry plant before, and yet: These galls actually look like they’ve been raided by a bird. Does anybody recognize this? I can’t figure it out. It’s...
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Nature Photography Tips – Part 1
Listen up, kids. Today’s Tip is a doozy. Tip #1: If you don’t bring the camera you can’t take pictures of nature. For example, let’s say you’re walking in the woods with the dogs, blissed out on all...
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See ya, 2010…
All right, all right, I give. 2010 is tout fini and the holidays are over (wah!). Tomorrow marks the start of the new term; I’m teaching and have coursework of my own. I consider 2010 to be my first...
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