Still liquid
February 28, 2019 - It's chilly, but not chilly enough to stop my long walks, and definitely not freezing enough to stop the flow of the wat...
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Punk ducks
February 27, 2019 - The "girls"—I think they're all females, although I'm not a good enough waterfowler to be able to rule out immature male...
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Debut in yellow
February 26, 2019 - It doesn't take long. As I noted yesterday, Winter Aconite is always in a hurry, and a mere day after I spotted the firs...
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Ground breaking
February 25, 2019 - First, it was the crocus shoots. Today, with the temperature still staying on the relatively warm side... well, for Febr...
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Historically galling
February 24, 2019 - With the crocus shoots up—no bud blossoms yet... and no sign of hungry deer—my attention has turned groundward, so I'm s...
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Green arrival
February 23, 2019 - Winter is backing off and during this stretch of relatively warm weather, I've been getting closer to the ground and sea...
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Another mystery
February 22, 2019 - One of the genuine joys of my life is the simple fact that there's always something new to discover. So it was that when...
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Night dance
February 21, 2019 - Professional and personal busy-ness—business—kept me confined to indoor quarters all day, but I got out in the evening a...
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Homebodies
February 20, 2019 - The Canada Geese are starting to gather into huge flocks by the farm pond and the surrounding silage corn neighborhood,...
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Migrant marker
February 19, 2019 - There's an eternal and timeless ritual that I indulge in throughout the winter, and on this sunny and not-quite-freezing...
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New avian arrival
February 18, 2019 - I heard the first "oonk-a-ree" calls of the newly returned Red-winged Blackbirds today as I paused on my cardiac-rehab-p...
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Not well hidden falls
February 17, 2019 - I've been meaning to stop by the highway and get a picture of this nameless—as near as I can determine—seasonal waterfal...
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Opening day
February 16, 2019 - On the drive back from a blood test early this morning, I stopped to down a breakfast bar while I scanned the still wate...
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Bewitching
February 15, 2019 - There's a February tradition on my ridge: comb the woods and fields, to say nothing of the gardens, to try and find the...
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Marriage of two minds
February 14, 2019 - It is, of course, Valentine's Day, and in searching the natural world for suitable, and safe-for-work viewing, examples...
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Still forested
February 13, 2019 - It was one of those grim early mornings, with the temperature heading towards 50, the mist devouring what little snow fe...
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Cardinal celebration
February 12, 2019 - Many, many years ago, when I was something of a wedding photographer, one of the most fraught moments of the day was the...
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Frozen
February 11, 2019 - During one of the earlier stretches of time when my granddaughter Stasia lived with us, she fell in love, as did most yo...
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Erratica
February 10, 2019 - Whenever I'm hiking in the woods, I'm always on the lookout for giant boulders sitting by themselves and looking quite o...
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Refreezing
February 09, 2019 - Against what should have been my better judgement, I decided to join a group of die-hard hikers on a trek of the blue tr...
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Early returns
February 08, 2019 - One of the first ducks to return to our ponds is a stunning bird known in Britain as the Goosander. To scientists, Mergu...
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Liquid motion
February 07, 2019 - By traditional, just about all the water should be frozen and any moisture falling from the sky is supposed to be of the...
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Duck soup
February 06, 2019 - The warmth continues, and in a stretch of open water in the neighborhood farm pond, a group of Mallards, the males in hi...
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Hot-blooded flier
February 05, 2019 - I tend to think of moths as warm-weather friends, but the truth is definitely otherwise. Some incredibly hardy moths not...
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Meltdown
February 04, 2019 - The February Thaw—more or less an extension of the January one—continues to increase in strength, with temperatures in t...
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Something missing
February 02, 2019 - It's definitely getting warmer, with temps nearing 50 and the walking actually pleasant. On the road, I stopped for a mi...
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Score one for Phil
February 02, 2019 - Despite the fact that it was only six degrees above zero F. on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Phil the Gr...
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Flower child
February 01, 2019 - At our local school, every day this week has had a theme and the kids dressed accordingly. There's been a rock star day,...
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