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Ode to Noctober
With apologies to the poet who wrote "Ode to October" , I give you a poetic prose spin on a similar subject...months that meld.
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Ode to Noctober
Why is October weather sometimes seen in November? Welcome to "Noctober" ...
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Mallards – An International (and One Tough) Duck
If you were around Eastern Massachusetts during the Civil War, you wouldn't have known what a Mallard Duck was. But you'd have known about Wood Ducks...
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The Fungus Among Us (A Savory Tale)
Mycologists beware: the fungus is out to entertain your entrails with omelets and steak.
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Why Did the Turtle Cross the Highway?
England has for years made it easier for small animals - reptiles and amphibians in particular - to cross asphalt roads. Why not here? Read about how hard a turtle has it in the world.
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Thermal Summers, Pleasant Walks
Thermal summers in the northern hemisphere do more than prove that global warming is a relative thing: it also provides a chance for enjoying a bug-free, pleasant walking and camping summer.
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Thoreau in the Fields
Thoreau was more than some "American Híndu". He was the living embodiment of America's spiritual-intellectual inheritance. We need more like him.
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Mental Rambles in Thoreau Country
Spring thoughts on Thoreau's legacy at the edge of Thoreau country.
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The Look of Early Spring
How spring seems to emerge one bud at a time in April on Massachusetts' North Shore
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Extinct Places
A ramp through extinct literature, maps, poetry - and feminist thought - all with Massachusetts natural history in the background. But believe it or not, it's true!
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Winter’s Bounty while Winter Vanishes
We can often notice signs of season change far in advance. This article explores some of the concrete as well as subliminal sides of season change.
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Stars in a Winter Wonderland
A northern-hemisphere star hop in the winter.
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Tale of a Young Red-Tail
Discovering a Ret-Tailed Hawk in the field-a youngster just learning to hunt. I should have had my camera but...
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July Walks As Autumn Talks
What is deism, and how does it apply to American philosophy of science? Perhaps Henry Thoreau knew.
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Three Late Summer Wildflowers
Take a small walk across a September field in Eastern Massachusetts and note the wildflowers growing around you.
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You Can See Forever
Summer nights communing with stars and planets while the cool evening winds blow around your feet.
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The Night Has A Thousand Peepers
Jeepers creepers! What about those peepers? Eastern Massachusetts has only one tree frog! Talk about getting ripped off. (Oh, well: this ain't Florida.)
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When Spring Never Came
It was probably three natural events which conspired to make the year 1816 one of the strangest ones, weatherwise, in recorded history. One was the reduced solar activity of the Dalton Minimum. Another could have been the 179-year solar barycenter shift. But the most important of all was the eruption of Mount Tambora in the Java sea the year before...
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Busy Falcons
Massachusetts natural history article on avian topic (eastern Massachusetts)
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