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Snow Monkeys or Japanese Macaque
We came to Japan this week for Ken’s niece’s wedding, but as a side trip, we took a few days and traveled to Nagano and spent two nights at a wonderful ryokon (hot spring hotel). One morning Yumiko and I traveled by van to Shigakogen and then walked on a high ridge to a…
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The Spider and the Tic (Click the Bugs to Get the Real Picture)
It was a beautiful day today and so I decided to go in search of a few spring bugs. I was thrilled to find a little tick and a spider facing off on a grass stalk. They were in a stalemate. The spider was quite intimidated by the tick. He gingerly walked up to…
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Fancy Jeweled Feather Hat On A Proud Twig
Oh the things you see while walking on a rainy day. Click the feather to see those jewels.
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Click to see Snapping Turtle Frothing At the Mouth
I took my camera to the pond at Eastern College today and as I was walking I came across this HUGE snapping turtle sleeping on the bank of the pond with a lot of old green leaves and twigs and moss on top of him. I bent down to take his picture and he…
