October 10, 2017
Although now in early October we are still awaiting full fall color in the forest leaves, there are many
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October 4, 2017
On Monday, October 9, Lemon Bay Conservancy invites you to join experienced birder Susy d’Hont for a free early morning
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September 23, 2017
After 14 years of reporting natural events from our beloved Galax, VA, farm, we have moved to a
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August 30, 2017
During the past few weeks in August I have been centered in the Blue Ridge mountains near Boone, NC but
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August 21, 2017
After Margaret and I sold our 107 acre wildlife farm near Galax, VA, last November, we have been
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July 24, 2017
The very aspects of the Florida climate that motivate humans to migrate north in summer (high temperature and humidity plus
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July 16, 2017
If you are an environmentalist you rarely have a day that lifts your spirits up if you think too much
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July 3, 2017
Since we are “homeless” during the summer after selling our VA farm, we have been alternating trips to northern cooler
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June 9, 2017
We had a very exciting spring migration of neotropical birds through our Manasota Key yard in mid-April to early May,
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May 18, 2017
Most things in nature intrigue and often mystify me. I like to paraphrase the saying that nature is not rocket
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April 26, 2017
Many birds that have spent the winter in Central and South America migrate directly across the Gulf of Mexico. Strong
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April 21, 2017
If you are near the coast or a river you will have recently noticed osprey nests with the adults
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April 15, 2017
In April, birds that have been wintering in Central and South America and southern states such as Florida are now flying north
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April 6, 2017
In late March and early April there are many natural signs of the changes that occur during spring. Flowers bloom,
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April 2, 2017
While waiting for my wife who was at a dental appointment at an office on Clark Rd in
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March 29, 2017
It has become popular for butterfly gardeners to raise monarchs in protected circumstances on tropical or giant milkweeds and release
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March 21, 2017
Allain Hale from the Sierra Club organized an exploratory paddling trip for four of us across the Myakka River
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March 9, 2017
One of the most amazing transformations that occurs in nature is the metamorphosis of a monarch caterpillar into a pupal
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