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Through The Looking Glass: April 2013
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Through The Looking Glass. Monday, April 1, 2013. Some Birds of Canopy Lodge, Panama. Palm Trees in Panama City to set the mood. Canopy Lodge is in El Valle De Anton.away up in the mountains from the palm trees and coastal breezes. It is n. Estled in a rainforest where one can watch the birds at banana feeders from the common areas, or from your own front porch.and of course, take hiking excursions to observe numerous avian species. The "Directors Chairs" for birdwatching in the common area. By now you m...
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Through The Looking Glass: October 2012
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Through The Looking Glass. Thursday, October 4, 2012. The Butterflies of Summer. I spent the summer chasing butterflies, i. N the garden and roadside wild spots. There was an eruption of American Painted Ladies, I have never seen so many. On roadside Spotted Knapweed, Centaurea maculosa,. On Leadwort Plumbago in the garden. Another view (American Painted Lady),. On garden Cone Flower. The ubiquitous Cabbage Butterfly. Not any the less beautiful, for being common. On Monarda in the garden). Summer is flee...
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Through The Looking Glass: November 2013
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Through The Looking Glass. Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Grand Canyon: North Rim. A view from the Lodge dining room! The North Rim of the Grand Canyon had always been my dream.so it's a good thing I started my trip there.as the government shutdown kept me from proceeding to the South Rim.Thus, there will be no blog, the sequel.Grand Canyon South Rim. Can't say it wasn't exciting to be a part of government incompetence. Of course there were magnificent views, it's the Grand Canyon! I bark but don't bite.
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Through The Looking Glass: December 2012
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Through The Looking Glass. Saturday, December 15, 2012. Festival of the Cranes. I finally made it to the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, along with 42,000 Snow Geese, 6,500 Cranes and 2 Eagles, but who's counting.Who was. First up was a bird-spotting cruise on Elephant Butte lake.yes, butte.stop laughing. This is a man-made reservoir used by New mexico, Northern Mexico and Texas. That is an Elephant's Butte in the distance. Western Grebe near the dock, willing to pose. After the cruise, lunch...
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Through The Looking Glass: June 2013
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Through The Looking Glass. Friday, June 28, 2013. Love In The Afternoon. This has been the year of the Wood Duck.I saw a pair for the first time last year, but as quickly as they appeared, they were gone in a flash of color.This year however, a cycle of life was revealed.beginning in April, at the New York Botanical Gardens, in their stunning bit of old-growth forest.a patch of old New York. I've got to admit, I didn't know what was happening at first either ;-) , I thought she was.um.dabbling. Fiscal Ye...
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Through The Looking Glass: Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda: The White Nile
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Through The Looking Glass. Friday, February 6, 2015. Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda: The White Nile. An evening Nile "cruise" in an open excursion boat, encoun. The famous Nile Crocodile. A trader named Diogenes, traveling west from the African coast around 50 CE, reported his discovery of a great lake and snowy mountains in the African interior. Historians suspect that these were the present day Lake Nyassa or Victoria and the Ruwenzori Mountains. From Diogenes account, the snowy mountain...These...
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Through The Looking Glass: January 2014
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Through The Looking Glass. Monday, January 27, 2014. Hailing from the forests of the Northeast, the Southwest Desert presents itself as a surreally beautiful, alien landscape. Slowly I am beginning to make friends with the indigenous plants. Visiting the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ, has helped with the acclimatization. On the way in to the garden.inspiration for native landscaping! See the three glass cacti? The gardens are hosting a Chihuly exhibition. From November, 2013 to May, 2014. There ...
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Through The Looking Glass: August 2014
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Through The Looking Glass. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Upper Carmans in the spring. The Carmans river is one of the four largest rivers on Long Island, and is totally groundwater generated (no lakes). It is a ten mile ribbon of peaceful nature, slipping under Sunrise Highway unnoticed by the motoring hoards and finally emptying into the Great South Bay. The first eight miles are fresh water, the final two are estuary and experience the tidal effects of the bay. Passing under Sunrise Highway, upper river.
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Through The Looking Glass: November 2012
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Through The Looking Glass. Saturday, November 10, 2012. That really isn't it's name. This pond doesn't have one. It may be a sump for surrounding apartments, I always thought that's all. The path around the pond, can you see the water in the distance? Here was a miniature Eden.home to cattails instead of the invasive Phragmites. C attails, Greene's Rush (Juncus greeniei). And the glow of Golden hedge Hyssop (Gratiola auria), one of the few places this native flower survives on Long Island. Wildly invasiv...
