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Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Mourning Doves

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Mourning dove (internet download) Recently, our backyard revealed a ‘puddle’ of feathers about a yard across. Best guess is that a hawk had ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

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"Why is this bird different from all other birds?" Hummingbirds represent an evolutionary expansion into a niche frequented by flo...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Ecological Succession

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In 1859, Henry David Thoreau wrote an essay called "The Succession of Forest Trees" in which he described succession in an oak-pin...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Assabet River Revisited

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Recently, the Assabet River has been deeper than its long-term average for spring the reason being more than average rainfall. April, for th...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

Decorated Tree in the Woods

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On the Assabet River Walk trail, which can be accessed from Concord Street or Colbert Avenue, there is a fifteen foot tall spruce tree. It ...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The River Rises and Falls

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From the late 1700s onward the Assabet River was less of a river and more of a series of narrow ponds, each created by dams that first backe...
Monday, September 23, 2019

Painting River Depth Markers

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The Assabet River, as it flows through Maynard, has an average volume of 200 cubic feet per second (cfs). Month-by-month, March and April av...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Swans on the Assabet River

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Mute swan at rest, Assabet River, Stow, MA Mute swans reside on the Assabet River, either as solitary birds or nesting pairs. These swa...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

A Dearth of Trees

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Maple Street, Maynard, 1910. Second tree on left appears to be same tree as in photo below. Click on photos to enlarge. Using Maple Str...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Short Stories

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In Oak Park, Illinois, a car stops at a traffic light, an older and a younger man in the front seats, a young woman in the back. She opens t...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Birds of a Feather...

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Some birds flock. Some birds don’t. Several hummingbirds may appear at a feeder, but they are definitely not a flock. Robins flock in winte...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Berries, Red; Birds, Red!

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A robin’s red breast is an “honest signal” of mate attractiveness. In males, an indication of good health. In females, that she will product...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Norway Maple - Invasive Species

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Norway maple as an urban and suburban tree is so well established that it feels counter-productive to proclaim that it is an invasive specie...