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spider, feather, frog: 3 little notes on gender (and wonder) in nature
I GOT ON A BIT of a gender kick recently on Instagram, and I blame it on a spider (and [read more…]
cleanup week 4: manna from heaven amid meteorological havoc
IT’S TRYING SO HARD, the lawn is, to find its inner green. I’m trying so hard, I am, to find [read more…]
links i liked: plant consciousness; beaks adapt to feeder use; insectary strips on farms, & more
FROM THE LENGTH of birds’ beaks to the favorite plants of the emerald ash borer (not just ash!), to matters [read more…]
links i liked: fighting impatiens disease, crossbill irruption, overwintering ticks
THE DISEASE THAT DETHRONED Impatiens as the top annual in the nursery industry—Impatiens Downy Mildew—continues to take its toll. But [read more…]
a saner approach to fall cleanup, with the habitat network’s rhiannon crain
WHEN WE SAY, “fall garden clean-up,” just how clean do we mean? A slightly tongue-in-cheek campaign called “The Pledge to [read more…]
a birder’s biggest big year, with noah strycker
IN ONE VERY ACTION-PACKED YEAR of more than 100,000 miles of global travel, Noah Strycker saw 6,042 species of birds, [read more…]
my bird-feeding basics (and favorite feeders)
NOBODY’S GOING TO STARVE around here, even if I take down the bird feeder from April to Thanksgiving or so. [read more…]
bird gardening: powerhouse fruiting plants, with andy brand
IT’S A CLOSE CALL for me and my friend Andy Brand: Do we like plants best, or birds (or butterflies [read more…]
birding by ear, with nathan pieplow: how to listen to what birds say
EVERY SPRING I promise to learn to recognize a few more voices—bird voices—to tune in more observantly to the members [read more…]- 1
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