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A Look at the Season’s Main Events: January 2008

January 01, 2008

Jan. 4: peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, on an almost moonless night / Look for golden crowned kinglets hanging from hemlock cones and hovering at the tips of twigs …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: December 2007

December 01, 2007

At over 100 pounds, this year’s male bear cubs have well outgrown the females / The brown, fertile fronds of sensitive fern will release spores in spring. Gray fronds are …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: November 2007

November 01, 2007

Unseasonably warm, moist weather will stimulate peepers to sing from woods and fields, sometimes far from ponds, before they go belowground for the winter / A cattail flowerhead has tiny …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: October 2007

October 01, 2007

Sparrow migration is well underway, with white-crowned, song, chipping, white-throated, savannah, swamp, and fox sparrows on the move / Crickets may move into buildings as they search for places to …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: September 2007

September 01, 2007

The plaintive, three-note, whistling song of the eastern wood pewee can still be heard, although most of these flycatchers have headed out by now / North winds and a sunny …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: August 2007

August 01, 2007

Raccoons are shifting from a diet that includes a fair amount of animal food to one of mostly fruits, grains, and seeds / Barn and tree swallows are migrating / …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: July 2007

July 01, 2007

Roadsides are looking good if they are lined with Queen Anne’s lace and chicory / Grackles like to eat beetles, even the Japanese beetles now emerging from the soil / …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: June 2007

June 01, 2007

This is peak time for bird songs.  Hermit thrushes, magnolia warblers, and yellow-throats continue to sing well after dusk / Female wood turtles are nesting near water, usually laying their …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: May 2007

May 01, 2007

Bear cubs are now about five months old and weigh around 10 pounds / Spring beauty flowers are opening, a few days after hepaticas begin to bloom / Shiny, varnished-looking …


A Look at the Season’s Main Events: April 2007

April 01, 2007

Phoebes are back, often choosing nest spots where they will be disturbed, causing everyone to stop using the front (or back) door for a few weeks / Trees in flower: …


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