From the monthly archives:

March 2007

back home again

03.31.2007

I am here, in Michigan, once again. Nothing like a refresher course on traffic in major metropolitan areas to remind me why I fell in love with Ann Arbor. The wetland waters have receded and the grasses are starting to green up and grow taller. It’s interesting to watch the transformation, as we weren’t here [...]

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here kitty, kitty

03.26.2007

Go check out Robin’s prose and pictures of a bobcat in the post Pleasure moves on too early at Dharma Bums. There’s a series of three earlier posts as well, with more pictures celebrating the joy of encounters with wildlife and the reflections such encounters provoke.

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on the road again…

03.26.2007
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I woke this morning to the sound of a Carolina Wren

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signs of spring

03.24.2007

While I am waiting for the waterfowl to migrate through (April is supposed to be the best month for them around here) and earnestly hoping for some really interesting ones to land in the backyard, I am appreciating the other signs of spring that are flitting about. The bluebird is sitting on a branch of [...]

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memories times two

03.21.2007

This picture is from our home and habitat in Virginia. Although I’m happy with my move overall, I invested a lot of time and emotional energy in creating a habitat there, and it was hard to leave it behind. In addition, we have a sentimental attachment to this plant. Our pussywillow was rooted from one [...]

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the value of snags

03.21.2007

We have a dead tree in our backyard, right on the edge of the wetland. It’s been there for at least 10 years, as long as the house has, because our next-door neighbor mentioned once that he had wanted to take it down when he moved in but his wife reminded him that it wasn’t [...]

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she’s sweet, but she’s no einstein

03.20.2007

My little friend, pictured here, was repeatedly perching on the window sill and trying to tap her way into the house. Unfortunately, she moved from this window to the front of the house where she could get up more momentum. To stop her repeated flying into the window, we bought a balloon and tied the [...]

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two good reasons to check out this post

03.20.2007
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one of their principles is “the use of nature photography as a means for generating interest in habitat conservation.”

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moby groundhog swims again

03.20.2007
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i think he’s swimming laps

03.18.2007

The groundhog, that is. He or she seems to spend a lot of time in the water, including nearly an hour paddling around this morning. I’ve seen him get in and out of the creek, so I know he’s a groundhog and not a beaver or muskrat.

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