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the common milkweed: Home for Many

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Saturday, August 1, 2015. We are just marveling this summer at the life that now calls this land their home. By getting rid of most of the lawn grass and planting native plants we've completely transformed this place into one of incredible biodiversity and beauty. Remember what we started with? Here are a few notables of late:. Prairie Rose growing in old field now that it's not mowed:. Monarch nectaring on Wild Bergamot:. Bronze Copper and Honeybee nectaring on Culver's Root:. This is a great life!

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Nathan Carlos Rupley – Nathan Carlos Rupley

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The creative work of an aspiring hunter-gatherer. Author: Nathan Carlos Rupley. May 17, 2016. Last evening’s supper was grass fed beef with common milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca. Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis), red clover ( Trifolium pratense. White clover ( Trifolium repen. Everything was cooked over the fire, but I did boil the milkweed in advance. I am not exactly a very good cook, but you can’t go wrong with foraged greens over the fire. Thanks for reading,. Invasives in the garden. May 2, 2016.

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Wahkeena Nature Preserve: 2016 Bird Sightings

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Wahkeena, named with a Yakima Indian word meaning "most beautiful" is located on the edge of the Hocking Hills. This outdoor education area is used for nature study and is a preserve for birds and other wildlife. Wahkeena Nature Preserve is one of 58 sites owned by the Ohio History Connection, a private, non-profit organization. Wahkeena is managed by the Fairfield County Historical Parks. Red shouldered Hawk (1/20). Great Horned Owl (1/20). Great Blue Heron (3/12). Great Crested Flycatcher (4/30). Earth...

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Strange Woman Standing in Mud, Looking at Birds: October 2016

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Strange Woman Standing in Mud, Looking at Birds. Paleontology, life in the sciences, and a pinch of humor. Monday, October 24, 2016. Field Work Fail: For Want of a Flashlight. This is to say that I am still not ready to post the results of our summer's work at the Six Peaks Dinosaur Track Site. What I can do is show you a video we had done on the site. Here is a teaser for you! The best laid plans of rodents and researchers. This is the story of one such exceptional discovery. NOTE: there will be very fe...

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Strange Woman Standing in Mud, Looking at Birds: March 2016

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Strange Woman Standing in Mud, Looking at Birds. Paleontology, life in the sciences, and a pinch of humor. Thursday, March 31, 2016. Fool Me At All, Shame On You Always: How Not To Do April Fools' Day. April Fools' Day is tomorrow, and I am waiting with mild trepedation over what faux science gags I am going to see on the Internet. What I was not prepared for was to have someone actively try to recruit me to deceive the public in a pretty rotten way. Enter my phone conversation from Tuesday afternoon.

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Life on The Edge: Environmental Education

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Life on The Edge. News, discoveries, and events from the Richard and Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve System. The Edge of Appalachia Preserve System has been conducting outdoor Field Classes for the youth of Adams County for over 25 years and corresponding in-class programming for over 20 years. Currently, all 4. This past fall, 4. In class programming takes place during the winter months and currently includes grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. In-class sessions, like the field classes are planned ...

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Life on The Edge: Photo Friday - A Beetle's Perspective

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Life on The Edge. News, discoveries, and events from the Richard and Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve System. Friday, November 25, 2016. Photo Friday - A Beetle's Perspective. A blister beetle, Epicauta funebris. Seeks a high spot from which he surveys his domain. Posted by Edge of Appalachia Preserve. The Edge of Appalachia Preserve System is co-owned and managed by the Cincinnati Museum Center and The Nature Conservancy in Ohio. Connect with Cincinnati Museum Center. And The Nature Conservancy.

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Still Life With Birder: White-breasted Nuthatch

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Still Life With Birder. 2014 Bird List (N. America). Thursday, January 16, 2014. This is another of our little birds of winter. Like chickadees, nuthatches are year-round residents here. It is always a pleasure to see one hitching down the trunk of a tree, head-first. The White-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta carolinensis. Is the largest of the four North American nuthatch species. Their habitat is deciduous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests and treed residential areas (. That's me, waving hands. I guess ...

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Strange Woman Standing in Mud, Looking at Birds: January 2016

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Strange Woman Standing in Mud, Looking at Birds. Paleontology, life in the sciences, and a pinch of humor. Saturday, January 16, 2016. Tracking the Wild in Your Neighborhood, Part 2: Fine Feathered Friends. There's one type of trace that I'm guaranteed to see during the winter: raven landing traces. The Common Raven. Is, well, common in northeastern British Columbia, and is a year-long resident. This is our equivalent to the Rock Dove. Or pigeon) in more densely populated areas, or the Black-billed Magpie.