Monthly Archives: April 2013

Signs of Spring 15: Time of the Ticks!

This week Deborah and I saw our first ticks of the season. One was an engorged tick that came off of one of our pets (we have since treated our cats and dog with a topical flea and tick… Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 14: Rise of the exotic invasives!

Deborah and I have been out hiking on quite a few woodland trails this spring. One of the generalized observations we have made concerns the preponderance of alien, invasive plant species that make their ecological presence known long before most… Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 13: Walking the Wetlands Trail

Spring is happening all around us! It’s very hard to keep up with the pace of change.The daffodils are are in full bloom, and the forsythia are in various stages of flowering. Entire neighborhoods and forest hollows are turning yellow… Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 12: Warmers Days!

The Worm Moon (the full moon in March) has come and gone. I didn’t see the usual, nighttime, mass emergence of earthworms from their warming soil burrows. Nor did I see the sad array of sluggish, straggler worms in the… Continue reading

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