Author: Mike Dunn
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Frog Friday
You can’t tell by the look of a frog how far they’ll jump. ~Paul Doiron Took a stroll around the property yesterday, camera in hand, looking for the tiny creatures who share these woods. One thing really impressed me – the amazing number of spider webs that seemed to block my way at every turn.… Read more…
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Baby Saddlebacks
Relative to other caterpillars, slug caterpillars seem more fantasy than reality. ~David Wagner It is getting to be that time of year – caterpillar time! As summer draws to a creeping close, one of the things that lifts my spirits above the stifling heat waves is the increasing abundance of larval Lepidoptera. And one of… Read more…
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Itsy Bitsy Spiderlings
When we’re distracted, we are still paying attention—just not to the task that was the previous still point of our intentional neural processing. ~Dale Keiger I’m afraid I have a long history of being “distracted” by the natural world. I remember a time as a young teenager when I was helping my father nail shingles… Read more…
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Rain Man (and Woman)
A rainy day is a perfect time for a walk in the woods. ~Rachel Carson I am finally getting around to posting about our trip to one of our favorite backpacking spots, Mount Rogers, VA. My backpacking and camping queen (you know who I am talking about) has been chomping at the bit to get… Read more…
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National Moth Week Ends
I think that engaging with natural history – learning the identity and phenology of your neighbors by reading about their stories, and studying their lives alongside your own can give anyone a sense of rootedness. ~Henry Hershey One reason I like National Moth Week so much is that it reminds me to make the effort… Read more…
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Baby Bluebirds
Be like the bluebird who never is blue, for he knows from his upbringing what singing can do. ~Cole Porter I checked on the bluebird box out in the yard yesterday to see if any of the four eggs I saw about a week ago had hatched. As always, I approached noisily, then knocked on… Read more…
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Museum Moth Night
The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame… ~Mohsin Hamid Last night we participated in the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ National Moth Week live event (well, Melissa worked it and I just rambled around taking pictures through my fogged glasses). It was a great start to National Moth… Read more…
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Walking Small
Nature will bear the closest inspection; she inspires us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. ~Henry David Thoreau The heat of summer is not my friend. It slows me down, saps me of energy, and makes me a little complacent I’m afraid. But, there… Read more…
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Growing Up
Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun. ~Nina Dobrev A quick update on the Cecropia caterpillars we are raising…you may remember an earlier post where the eggs from a Cecropia Moth began hatching. That was on June 10. We are almost a month out and they are growing and changing as… Read more…
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