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! more
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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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