Q: Why do birds fly south? A: Because it’s too far to walk. –unknown It’s autumn and time for many birds to pick up and head south for warmer digs during our winter. One of the champions of migration is the golden plover, which breeds in western Alaska and the Siberian tundra during June – July, typically […]
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It seemed like a grand adventure to me. “You want to go where for vacation to do what?” asked my wife, Connie. Just stick to the basics, I thought. “Travel to the Dominican Republic and then west to the border of Haiti; get up into the forest highlands; and try to catch a rare, primitive,
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I was an Ibex ambitiousTo dive over chasms auspicious;He would leap down a peakAnd not light for a week,And swear that the jump was delicious. Billy’s Alphabetical Animal Show – James Whitcomb Riley Also known as the steinbock or bouquetin, this is a species of wild goat found in the Alps of Europe. It’s kind
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All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison. – Paracelsus This is a small, dull white mushroom that is widely distributed in North America and Great Britain. It is about 1 – 2 inches tall with a 3/8 -1.5-inch-wide cap. It has no
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If cod and haddock and other species cannot survive because man kills them, something more adaptable will take their place. Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us. -Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed
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