Science and art should be mutual pathways to understanding: We need something to confront sensually, something about which to feel, in order to place value on nature; we need the opportunity to interpret, to reflect on our own experiences and those of others in the context of new details and new perspectives. –Dr. Harry W. Greene; […]
Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Read More »
….in the same part of the country there is also another growth which resembles the white maple in its appearance, only that it is by no means so large; seldom being more than from 6 to 9 inches in diameter, and from 15 to 20 feet high; they frequently grow in clusters as if from
Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) Read More »
cold raining night the geese are yet in large flocks and do not yetappear to have mated. what I have heretofore termed the broadleafed ash is now in blume. the fringetree has cast the corollaand it’s leaves have nearly obtained their full size. the sac a com-mis is in blume.. Meriwether Lewis, April
Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis) Read More »
Though she be but little, she is fierce. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream This is a small, common songbird that ranges from Alaska and east across Canada, south to New Jersey, Missouri, New Mexico, and Northern California. Some populations will shift southward into Maryland and Texas but the bird is a year-round resident throughout its
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Read More »
There is nothing more exciting than finding a new thing nobody knows. You won’t believe it, but everything hasn’t already been discovered.” Patricia Wright. his is a medium sized lemur native to a small area on the island of Madagascar. It is diurnal, most active during the day with discrete rest periods between mid-morning and
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) Read More »