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Narrowsburg
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A Tiger Swallowtail mines minerals from a damp dirt road near Milanville. This is a peak season for "Tigers," who require soil minerals to supplement flower nectar.
7/22/19
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A newly hatched Snapping Turtle, the size of my palm, heads for nearby Calkins Creek. A mother turtle deposited its egg (with dozens of others) in a dirt nest she covered with sandy soil—maybe in late March.
7/3/19
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In flight these little butterflies with 2" wingspans seem dull as household moths. But let one perch on a sunlight trail and bare an under-wing!
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6/10/19
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Late May has been filled with maple seeds that whirl like tiny helicopters. This Silver Maple sprout - removed from a mulched Azalea bed - has been replanted.
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5/29/19
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Our "Checkerspot" visitor is tiny enough to land on a fingernail. And at any window box we can encourage similar "pollinators."
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5/22/19
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For turtles there's no needier spot. Sunlight warms them; produces Vitamin D; and, by drying, a shell can exterminate leeches and algae.
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5/16/19
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This little "lump," suspended by silk, is molding a tiny, orange-winged butterfly. Adults, known as "Checkerspots," are common along streams but …
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5/9/19
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Little "Comma" butterflies that hibernate here, are among the first to appear each spring. Orange on top, their folded wings mimic pieces of bark - with small, silver …
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5/1/19
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On a spring walk, especially on a sunny, woodland trail, keep a look-out for one. These ground beetles, about as long as my thumb nail, are voracious predators of small …
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4/24/19
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A Black Vulture (left) and a Turkey Vulture (right) take a break while feeding on a deer carcass. "Turkeys" are old hands in Narrowsburg, , but Black Vultures are moving north and to …
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4/17/19
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This "Great Egret" was exploring a Maryland pond on March 28, 2019 - near a busy rural road I was traveling. Heron-sized, they've been extending their range into …
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4/10/19
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A gaudy male and his mate explore a local pond. Some Wood Ducks, which overwinter as far south as Mexico, will stick around to breed in our own wooded swamps.
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4/3/19
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On a boggy knoll near Milanville each of these Skunk Cabbage plants began producing flowers in mid-March. The purple hoods are modified leaves that make cavities for petal-less flowers - …
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3/27/19
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After a week of stunning bright clouds, our sun crossed the equator on March 20, at 5:58 p.m. - for its Vernal Equinox. Burnished by fresh wind, March clouds at Tyler Hill sail above a …
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3/20/19
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“Little Wing,” as Damascus second graders call him, hatched at my place on March 11. His chrysalis, near my thumb, had been “home” for six months. “Little …
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3/13/19
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A single monarch migrant reached Baton Rouge LA on February 28. In July, descendants will visit Narrowsburg. The scene was painted from a girlhood memory by my friend Bessie Nickens, at age 90. Her …
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3/6/19
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Three females (left) and a male (below right) relax in the Delaware River near Cochecton on 2/21. This icy gravel bar is popular with Geese and Merganser migrants. The first …
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2/27/19
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"Maples in winter have a listening look, Gray branch, gray bole, Still are the bird songs, quiet is the brook, / Awakening will come overnight... …
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2/20/19
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Sometimes a rural bridge fits so well it seems timeless as the river—as befits our 1902 Milanville bridge, viewed from a local farm, …
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2/13/19
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“Diadem” is a traditional word for “jeweled crown”—sculpted here by splashing water, Arctic air and hydrogen atoms bonding into points and curlicues. …
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2/6/19
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