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First Palm Warbler of the Season. Woot, Woot!!
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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The Owl and the Deer in the Dark!!
I searched again at dusk for the owl and found him yet again!! And then on my way back to the parking lot through the woods, there was a little deer looking from the field into the woods where I stood silently and took her picture. Oh so fun!!
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The Woods off of Ship Road
I didn’t get out today until about noon, but still it was so darn good. I walked the trail in the woods off of Ship Road to the end. First I found the damselfly, then the wood frog, then the wrens discussing life, then the cardinal grabbing a berry, and finally a whole slew…
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Bluebirds and Deer in the Woods Today
It was another cold day in the woods in Charlestown Meadows today, but the spring is coming and the bluebirds and the deer came out to play.
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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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The Tiger Beetle
Found these beautiful, but scary ferocious and carnivorous Tiger Beetles on the floor of the woods in Pauling’s Farm in Valley Forge today. Look at the Jaws on the Tiger Beetle He was not the least bit intimidated my my presence
