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Tiny color
August 13, 2019 - Many aphids are drab and pretty much invisible to onlookers, unless you're a gardener in search of potential pests—aphid...
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First day survivor
August 11, 2019 - Yesterday I spotted my first Monarch butterfly eggs; today, on a walk to prepare for an upcoming guided tour of the Pres...
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Monarch potential
August 11, 2019 - It was another day of short mileage... short, but productive mileage. I didn't get any farther afield than across the st...
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Floral feast
July 23, 2019 - I'm not sure exactly what kind of milkweed this is, save that it's certainly not our common species, Asclepias syriaca,...
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Rescue reward
July 08, 2019 - Several weeks ago when I was out on a long walk, I noticed something disturbing: a brush-cutter-wielding young woman tid...
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Monarch return
June 09, 2019 - Once again, and for all good... and no good... reasons, I'm so far behind that I thought I'd just post this happy shot,...
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Monarch munchers
August 11, 2018 - It was absolutely pouring when I got up, and I thought about cancelling the public walk I was scheduled to lead at the P...
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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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Monarchs, incoming
June 24, 2018 - A couple of generations past the overwintering congregation in the Mexican highlands, the Monarch butterflies are back o...
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Birth of the high-flying generation
August 11, 2017 - Monarch butterflies have been hit hard in recent years, and as a result of pesticides, the elimination of far too many m...
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Another milkweeder
July 09, 2017 - Like a lot of things this year, the Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies were exceptionally late in emerging and reclai...
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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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Well-worn traveler
August 18, 2016 - To get ready to lead a public walk on the 27th to the Thomas Miner refuge, a place I got to know intimately a couple of...
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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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Grounded
December 15, 2015 - The mists thickened overnight and gave way to a steady, warm rain, and there was even the chance for a thunderstorm or t...
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Pending journey
October 16, 2015 - The local milkweeds have fed what few Monarch butterfly adults and multicolored caterpillars were around this summer, an...
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The monarch arrives
August 14, 2015 - Of all the creatures whose arrival is most eagerly anticipated, I'd guess that the Monarch Butterfly might rank highest...
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