Monthly Archives: January 2014
The Winter: Deer
On our two acres just outside of Apollo (Armstrong County, PA) we have a group of deer that Deborah and I enjoy watching very much. (Photo by John Carrel, Flickr). Now these deer do a number of things that are… Continue reading
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The Winter: House Cat Day II !
Last year in my January 21, 2013 blog (very optimistically entitled “Signs of Spring 3”) I wrote about Groundhog Day and suggested that we change this early February day-of-prediction to focus not on an animal that is sound asleep in… Continue reading
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The Winter: One Hundred Words for Snow!
The above video shows a recent lake effect snowfall in our front yard (video by D. Sillman) Frank Boas was an anthropologist who studied and lived with the Inuit people of northern Canada in the late Nineteenth Century. He… Continue reading
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The Winter: Winter Birds
Every morning right after my first cup of coffee I go out to fill my front yard bird feeders. I cannot leave full feeders out at night because all of the seed would be consumed by my voracious herd of… Continue reading
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The Winter: Adaptations to the Cold
January 6, 2013: I am sitting in front of my usual window watching very unusual things outside. The air temperature has plunged to nine degrees (Fahrenheit) below zero and with a steady, swirling wind of 23 mph. The wind… Continue reading
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