Category: Natural History
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Coyote Capers
Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond… ~N. Scott Momaday On our last round of trail camera videos, we caught members of the local coyote clan in several places, often alone, and on a few occasions, as a group —-A Coyote trots by a trail Read more…
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Change is in the Air
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald The change is happening…we have longed for it, and it is starting to tease us with the possibility of cooler nights and sunny, comfortable days. I see it in our woods as well in the plants and critters. New activity Read more…
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Dog Days
Now came the dog days – day after day of hot, still summer, when for hours at a time light seemed the only thing that moved… ~Richard Adams The last week has provided a nice break from the typical heat and humidity of this time of year, the so-called dog days of August. Historically, the Read more…
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Night Beauties
There is something to be said for the night. The darkness holds a sense of promise, as if anything could happen. ~Meg Collett The frequent evening storms have kept me from setting up my moth lights, so with a break in the rain earlier this week, I jumped at the opportunity. I was feeling a Read more…
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Mountain High
Wherever we go in the mountains, we find more than we seek. ~John Muir My long-time friend, Scott, is working at Mount Mitchell State Park this summer so I decided to pay him a visit last week. It was good timing, since the predicted high temperature here at home was in the mid- to upper Read more…
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In Our Happy Place Part 2
[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation. ~Richard Nixon After Melissa joined her group of educators, I had a few days in Yellowstone on my own. You shouldn’t be surprised that I wanted to spend as much as time as possible out in it, watching wildlife, staying away from Read more…
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What the Cameras See
Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way. ~John Muir While we were away (more on that in a future post), the trail cameras caught some interesting events in our woods. They also caught several deer inside our deer fence Read more…
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Woods Neighbors
My favorite thing is just walking in the woods. I can do it for days on end without tiring of it. ~Jim Harrison This may be why I can’t get to all the posts I need to write about prior adventures…interesting things keep happening here in our woods. We were gone for several days and Read more…
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South Africa – Days 5-6
You cannot leave Africa, Africa said. It is always with you, there inside your head. ~Bridget Dore Well, I’m finally getting back to continue the story of our November trip to South Africa. In the first blog post, I covered our first few days after arriving in Johannesburg and traveling to Kruger National Park. This Read more…
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Bucket List
Don’t just chase your dreams, catch them. ~Annette White I’ve been so busy that I am still playing catch up with blog about our past trips. This one has been on my bucket list for several years – a March trip to Nebraska to witness the spectacular spring migration of Sandhill Cranes. We occasionally see Read more…
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