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Macro Views

Spring makes me wish for a more powerful macro lens. I want to capture all of the delicate splendor of the yard as it wakes from winter. I use words like “corolla” and “calyx” in poems, and name...

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Monarch Caterpillars, Milkweed, and a Publication Note

After our successful Monarch Butterfly experience in 2014, I spent much of last summer eagerly anticipating a new crop of caterpillars. Late in September, they arrived. Despite the fact that the...

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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (and a Publication Note)

I visited with friends last Saturday, sampling dishes of couscous and sweet potato frittata and chia seed pudding. After eating, we took a stroll around my friend’s yard, which slopes down to a watery...

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The Rest of the Wren Story

In June of 2015, I noticed that one of the yard’s House Wrens had begun feeding a family of Northern Cardinal nestlings. (Read my initial blog post here.) The adult cardinals, especially the male, were...

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Butterfly Mimics and a Publication Note

On first glance, I thought the butterfly shown above was a late-flying Eastern Black Swallowtail. After a closer look, I decided the unknown visitor might be a Pipevine Swallowtail. (I don’t have any...

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