Magnificent little mimics
May 31, 2020 - In the interests of habitat improvement, I really ought to remove every trace of a long-ago Eurasian immigrant known to...
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Enlisted odonate
May 29, 2020 - There's a group of dragonflies known as corporals that take to the air early in the season and are among the odes that I...
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Wild pearl
May 29, 2020 - The butterfly season is just now starting to get into high gear, and this afternoon, on the way home from a potential wo...
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Natural mowers
May 28, 2020 - At least three times a week, my cardiac handlers have mandated that I take a long—it's around five miles—reasonably fast...
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Forget social distancing
May 27, 2020 - I needed to make a reconnaissance hike through the Babcock Ridge and Henne preserves—my goal was to shot videos that I c...
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Garden spot
May 26, 2020 - There wasn't going to be much time for a walk, but, because I had a bunch of errands, including grocery shopping, to run...
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For the fallen
May 25, 2020 - My walk today took me to a well-maintained country graveyard deep in the woods—it's surrounded by a nature preserve—and...
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Aurora eating
May 24, 2020 - While I've never forgotten that dragonflies are always fierce predators, it occasionally slips my mind that their more s...
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Rainy maiden
May 22, 2020 - Under normal circumstances, today would have marked the start of summer... well, the unofficial beginning, as Memorial D...
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Fearless visitor
May 21, 2020 - This morning dawned deliciously clear and cool—just about a perfect day, save for those little things known as writing o...
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May flowers and Mayapples
May 21, 2020 - Barberries have a bad reputation among many botanists, but, it turns out, there are good barberries and those deserving...
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Future ferns
May 20, 2020 - More than a month ago, I wrote about spotting the first Cinnamon ferns, then hiding inside winter "jackets" and beginnin...
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Second ode
May 19, 2020 - In past years, one of my favorite and most often repeated post was on the first dragonfly that I spotted for the year, a...
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Northern light
May 18, 2020 - It's late, I realize, but I started picking up the first odonates only yesterday. However, because of a camera problem—f...
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Bring back the cat (birds)
May 17, 2020 - Most birders spend May concentrating on spotting colorful birds, the various dazzling warblers in particular, and while...
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Hard travelin'
May 15, 2020 - With the chilly weather persisting way past its time—although, hey, this is New England...—the butterflies that, by trad...
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Thank you veery much
May 15, 2020 - I'm going to need to start off this post with an apology: this is really not a very good image, but, when it came to sho...
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Six spotted arrival
May 14, 2020 - It actually got warm today—very warm, as in all the way up into the 80s... well, in the sun. And with the air that summe...
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Tea time
May 13, 2020 - Except for the local catbirds, I don't think there's a friendlier bird to have around than the aptly named Rufous-sided...
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Coffee guest
May 12, 2020 - The May chill continues, and though I'd really like to get up and out early to do a local warbler check, it's simply not...
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Heartfelt
May 11, 2020 - Cloudy and cool and not all that enticing outside. Still, I managed to poke my head out to, for starters, get wood to th...
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Scram!
May 10, 2020 - Last summer, when I was taking care of my neighbor's wonderful dog, I discovered where the neighborhood's Rose-breasted...
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Say it ain't so
May 09, 2020 - The day started out cold, with frost warnings and temperatures nudging 30. It didn't get all that much warmer, and with...
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Determined confusion
May 08, 2020 - This year, it looks like the Baltimore Orioles are going to hang around. They've been with us more or less constantly si...
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Semi-evergreen
May 07, 2020 - It's strange, but the pandemic, which, in theory anyway, should provide me with an abundance of time, has actually taken...
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Patience
May 06, 2020 - After the rain departed, it remained chilly and windy—not at all a promising or inviting walking afternoon, but I needed...
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Uncommon gold
May 05, 2020 - I heard and spotted the first Baltimore Orioles down the road from the house two days ago on one of my long and ongoing...
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There goes the neighborhood
May 04, 2020 - Everybody has a least favorite plant. For many folks on the botany spectrum, the one they'd most like to see disappear w...
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On the edge
May 03, 2020 - I thought I actually observed the first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher that had returned from migration yesterday, but because I...
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First female RTH
May 02, 2020 - When the first male Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrived at the beginning of the week, I was anticipating an early season f...
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Home building
May 01, 2020 - A birthday in the time of the plague is not quite the celebration it might have been in more "normal" circumstances, and...
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