Nature Study
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This year’s kitchen counter miracle
*Video music: Liz Story, “Welcome Home,” from the cd Welcome Home: The Best of Liz Story.
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Pond walk
I’m considering starting a separate blog for nature posts. The idea of a second site to maintain has never really appealed to me before, but I seem to have so many photos and…
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Nesting News
Mrs. Robin has laid a full clutch of eggs under our noses. Her nest is awfully near the ground, and awfully near the front door. But we’re all on the alert against predators…
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New-to-us Bird: Brown Thrasher
This fellow sang from the treetop where Older Daughter and I went looking for warblers. He’s a good-sized bird with a rich, cinnamon-colored back and an incredible repertoire of song phrases. When we…
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Back yard nature notes
Mrs. Pileated visited our back yard this morning and brightened the overcast for a little while. Obviously I haven’t mastered the art of photographing birds in flight. But even blurred, the pattern of…
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Hunting redtails, bathing sparrows, and birding humor
I couldn’t believe how close this hawk came to us in the woods today. It was amazing to see him hunting at such close range! He seemed to catch something, floundered around in…
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Marsh Meanderings
The warblers are coming through. I saw some in the morning along the river, and then in the afternoon on our family walk, the bushes were alive with them. They were all yellow-rumped…
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Birds and Blooms 2: Ferns
Okay, these aren’t ferns. They’re lovely though — tiny flowers sprinkled here and there in the woods. But ferns are what we’re beginning to notice and learn about, and ferns are unfolding all…
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Birds and blooms pt. 1
I’ve seen a few birds out and about lately. We’ve had a return to some chilly, overcast, damp weather that hasn’t been conducive to venturing into the great outdoors, but whenever possible we’ve…