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The Baby Praying Mantis!!
I found a wild baby praying mantis in the bog at Charlestown Meadows!!! That means he must have lots of brothers and sisters. How good is that!!!
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The Scarlet Tanager
On my way up the walk through the woods this afternoon, I looked up and saw not one, but two of these beautiful male Scarlet Tanagers. They quickly spotted me and flew high up in the tree tops, but what a thrill for that minute.
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More of that Ovenbird
I went back to the woods today looking for the oven bird and found so many of them. Here area a few of my favorite photos and a little video from this mornings walk.
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The Yellow Rumped Warbler and a Friend
The woods were alive with warblers today. Here are two – The Black and White Warbler and the Yellow Rumped. Oh heaven!!!! Black and White Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler
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Hermit Thrush in the Woods at Charlestown Meadows
I saw this little cutie on the ground as I was walking along the path in Charlestown Meadows. I stopped in my tracks, but he had already seen me too. He jumped up to that branch and stood with only his tail showing and most of his body hidden behind the big vertical trunk.…
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Gallaway Cows
Just down the road from Charlestown Meadows is a beautiful farm with a small herd of Gallaway Cows. (I never knew there was such a cow even though I grew up on a dairy farm with Holsteins and Jerseys and Black Angus.) This particular breed includes the beautiful brown belted cow (see below). There…
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Deer at Dusk
It’s remarkable to see the different temperaments of the deer of Charlestown Meadows vs. those of Valley Forge. This little beauty was just off the path and so very close. This is a full frame photograph – no cropping. A deer in Valley Forge would never have let me get so close.
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The Toads of Charlestown Meadows
Tom and I have taken long walks almost every day since the beginning of this sheltering in place. We walk around the perimeter of his community – Charlestown Meadows. Today as we walked past a little tiny pond I noticed a few toads looking very much like they were in love. I ran back…
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Baby Praying Mantises in the Daffodils
O.K. guys, it is that time of year again. I ventured from Tom’s house back home to have lunch with Yumiko. I checked the windowsill and was thrilled to see the praying mantis egg sack was alive with little babies. They were crawling up the little glass container where they had been hibernating for…