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The Warblers Have Returned!!
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It was a spectacular day for the warblers return to Valley Forge. Here are a few photos from today. Prothonotary Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler White Eyed Vireo Northern Perula Northern Perula Northern Perula
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First Palm Warbler of the Season. Woot, Woot!!
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I was sitting on a log in the woods and far in the distance I saw this little bird. When I looked a little closer, I realized it was one of maybe three palm warblers playing and eating in the woods. Beautiful perch.
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Solar Eclipse in Valley Forge
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Such a fun day today. I went with my friend Alison and her sister Leslie to see the eclipse in Valley Forge. We had no expectations, but it was a spectacular sight none-the-less. There were lots of people there, lots of kids, lots of dogs, lots of sunglasses. A really…
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Coyote in Valley Forge!!
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What a day!! I had first come across a fox with a vole in his mouth. As I raised my camera to take his picture he disappeared into the brush. I walked another minute or two, turned around and there was the coyote. The coyote walked calmly into the bush…
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The Bugs are Back!!
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I was in the woods off of Ship Road searching for anything that moved and this wonderful little bug came up for air after emerging from inside a forsythia blossom. He was so covered with pollen that I cannot even identify what he is. And this is a click beetle…
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Staring at the Great Blue Heron
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I found this guy or gal along with maybe a dozen more great blue heron in their own little rookery right off of Route 202. They were building their nests and making baby blue heron. Incredible sight to see. Just takes ten minutes to get there. Such a treasure. But…
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The Wood Frogs Have Arrived
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I was walking the path through the woods off of Ship Road near our house today and I could hear the wood frogs calling. They have a cackling sound – sort of like chickens in the yard. I slowly made my way through the thick brush to a vernal pool…
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I’m Back from Tanzania with Lots of Baby Pictures!!!
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As I write this we are having a wild, wild blizzard outside our window in Charlestown Meadows. Yowza!! I’ve just returned from a magnificent trip to Tanzania with Todd Gustafson and friends. It was the birthing season and the baby wildebeests and zebras and gazelles and giraffes were being born…
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It’s Freezing but the Short Eared Owls Don’t Care
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It’s the coldest its been in years, or at least it feels like it. Tom and I are having our kitchen redone from top to bottom, but why the heck are we doing this in JANUARY!!! It will get done. In the meantime, I went with my friend Alison to…
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