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Once absent, now back
June 15, 2020 - The early morning found me hiking down a wooded pathway to Avalonia's Bell Cedar Swamp refuge in search of, well, primar...
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Close green read
August 10, 2019 - I lead a lot of natural history walks, but today I had the wonderful experience of just being part of the led, in this c...
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Faux H-bird
July 24, 2019 - Next month, I have a public walk coming up at one of my favorite "gardens": Avalonia's Preston Nature Preserve. Without...
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For the bunnies... I hope
May 19, 2019 - The Avalonia Land Conservancy's Bell Cedar Swamp preserve is, without a doubt, one of my favorite refuges, both because...
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Bad beginning
April 28, 2019 - "You all know what this is," I half-told, half-asked a trio of kids who were walking with me on a trek of the Avalonia L...
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Seeing spots
April 24, 2019 - Sometimes you get lucky. And then, sometimes you get very lucky... very, very lucky. This was one of those times. I was...
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Vernal night hike
March 27, 2019 - One of the greatest joys of my life has been the numerous natural history walks I've been able to lead over the years to...
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Menage a quatre
March 25, 2019 - It's still chilly, but I have a public walk for the Avalonia Land Conservancy to plan at my old stomping ground, the Bab...
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What's for dinner
November 18, 2018 - I began work on a biological survey of a newly acquired refuge for the Avalonia Land Conservancy today, but it turns out...
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Mini-hummers
August 09, 2018 - One of my favorite places on Earth is an ultimate "garden spot" known as the Preston Nature Preserve. The area, mostly a...
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Hitchhiking "cat"
July 06, 2018 - Today's trekking adventure took place at the Avalonia Land Conservancy's Hoffman Evergreen Preserve, and it involved a p...
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Sez who?
June 01, 2018 - Tomorrow is National Trails Day, and I, of course, am scheduled to lead a public walk, this time to the Avalonia Land Co...
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Fire in the field
May 05, 2018 - A few months ago, my very own Avalonia Land Conservancy closed on a spectacular 400-plus-acre property not too far us th...
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Hepatic semi-hot-spot
April 19, 2018 - It was almost a spring day, and even though the wind still carried a chilly off the Atlantic, the sun was bright and del...
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Mallards on the move
February 15, 2018 - I realize these are just mallards... and not exactly the most exciting of waterfowl species. (I think there might be one...
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Monarch season begins
August 06, 2017 - I was out with a group of Avalonia Land Conservancy folks this morning at an area known as the Peck Preserve to examine...
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Happy National Trails Day!
June 03, 2017 - After lots of preparation, I arrived at the Avalonia Land Conservancy's Benedict Benson Preserve, my weekly home-away-fr...
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Guardians
May 07, 2017 - I think I'm on to something here: no matter how busy and, from a trekking perspective, unproductive the week has been, I...
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One on one
April 22, 2017 - Happy Earth Day! And in keeping with this celebration of our home planet, the Avalonia Land Conservancy, the regional la...
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Hepatica, redux
April 21, 2017 - The drizzle did not stop me. Duty called. I needed one more tune-up hike on the new Benedict Benson Preserve—the very pl...
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Worrisome reminder
April 07, 2017 - The sun came out, but it would not, of course, dry up all the rain... at least, not for several days, particularly at to...
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A definitely wonderful life!
April 06, 2017 - Another rainy, raw day, with lots of indoor work, but in the late afternoon, I managed to make a short walk from an Aval...
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Trail working rock star
April 05, 2017 - My 14 year old grandson Ezra, who was, before he developed other interests, a reliable hiking companion, decided recentl...
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Out from under
March 08, 2017 - The day warmed fast after a chilly start, and after I'd gone on a reconnaissance hike to the Benedict Benson Preserve, a...
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Aquatic renewal
October 29, 2016 - It's hard to believe that only a couple of weeks ago, this stream was almost bone dry and silent, but we've had a close-...
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Flight ready
October 21, 2016 - I'm hosting a public walk tomorrow at the Preston Nature Preserve, one of the jewels in the Avalonia Land Conservancy cr...
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Secure home
June 18, 2016 - On a truly gorgeous day for a hike, I led about a dozen enthusiastic trekkers on an exploration of the Avalonia Land Con...
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Observing National Trails Day
June 04, 2016 - I couldn't have asked for nicer weather for National Trails Day—or a nicer group of about a dozen or so people who showe...
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Into the [cedar] woods
May 11, 2016 - The Avalonia Land Conservancy, a group I do a lot of volunteering for, brought me along for an assessment trip through a...
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Sunbathing serpent
March 30, 2016 - Today's sunny but chilly trek was a combination of toil and pleasure. The work part involved assessing the management ne...
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Trail's (temporary) end
February 18, 2016 - It felt like early spring today: bright, sparkling, and just enough chill in the otherwise semi-warm air to let you know...
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Blazing ferns
May 10, 2015 - Sadly, neither I nor my wife have living mothers to honor on what would be their day, so, since my wife basically loathe...
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Thanks, Adele
April 18, 2015 - Today was a memorial for a visionary woman I never got to meet. Adele Erisman was a wonderfully unassuming conservationi...
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A ridge picnic
October 25, 2014 - I don't normally include more than one picture in each post, but I had to make an exception here, a story about a walk I...
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