September 24, 2013
My nature excursions have been much curtailed lately since I had a knee replacement three weeks ago. Yet it
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September 20, 2013
Wildflower Preserve is featured in the Sept. 2013 Audubon Magazine article “Bye-bye Golf Courses, Hello Nature Preserves.” As the name
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September 17, 2013
My older brother (James Dunson) is a chemical engineer who worked for DuPont in Delaware. In one of his
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September 11, 2013
I imagine most of you have observed dragonflies and damselflies in the so-called “tandem position” in which the male grasps
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September 11, 2013
Fall 2013 is now available on line… http://lemonbayconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lbc_fall2013_elo.pdf
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September 1, 2013
I found this interesting and somewhat menacing insect on my back porch recently where it must have been attracted
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August 29, 2013
I have to admit that I am a huge fan of hibiscus flowers. My first love was the rose
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August 23, 2013
How do you maintain a grassland prairie or meadow? In most eastern locations these would return to a forested
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August 17, 2013
One of the more intriguing aspects of the constant warfare between predator and prey is the use of pattern
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July 1, 2013
As a naturalist interested in learning about the incredible diversity of life, I constantly have to deal with the difficulties
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July 1, 2013
The two words “beauty” and “snake” may seem incompatible or an oxymoron since many people automatically dislike and/or fear snakes.
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July 1, 2013
Whereas bright colors in flowers and fruits are generally designed to attract pollinators or potential seed dispersers, bright insects or
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July 1, 2013
In early March, 2013, I sent out a nature note describing the efforts of a large number of volunteers
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June 6, 2013
Now that we are packing up to join the throng of snowbirds surging north it is time to think of
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June 6, 2013
Everyone remembers the famous Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the ugly “duckling” which grew up as the object
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May 29, 2013
One of the many wonders of nature that we hardly ever think about is the amazing variation in the size
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May 18, 2013
Well it is Spring again, that most wonderful time of year when life renews itself, and we have to figure
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April 6, 2013
The house wren is a tiny (0.4 oz) bird with a big personality. It nests in cavities around houses
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