Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. – The three witches, Macbeth. William Shakespeare. Rough-skinned newts are the most commonly encountered […]
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Make hay while the sun shines. – unknown This is a small mammal found at higher elevations in the North America from central British Columbia and south along Rockies, Cascades, and Sierra to California, Utah, and New Mexico. These small critters live in talus fields with adjacent areas of grass and forbs for forage. They look
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These snakes are often called puff adders and are thick bodied, non-venomous snakes found in the eastern United States. Hognose snake range from southern Florida and east to Texas, north to central New England, the Great Lakes Region, and into southern Canada. They have quite a list of alternative names such as chunk head, hissing
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This is a large, brown and white seabird that exhibits the gliding flight close to the ocean waves common to shearwaters, albatross, and other pelagic seabirds. The upperparts are a gray-brown with pale feather edges on the back and upper tail. The underparts are a contrasting white. This is a general common color scheme for
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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploringwill be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. –T.S. Eliot. This is a medium-sized tern that is circumpolar – breeding in the Arctic and sub-Arctic northern areas and then getting a second summer by migrating to the
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