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What Lives in my Yard?: Life with Three Feet of Snow
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Monday, March 2, 2015. Life with Three Feet of Snow. As you know, New Hampshire gets cold in the winter, sometimes very cold. It snows here, sometimes it snows very much. Animals that are native to the area, therefore, must develop strategies to survive the cold and to find food when everything is buried beneath three feet of snow, as it is now. Some animals, like th...
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What Lives in my Yard?: Taxonomy, a system for classifying all living things
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Taxonomy, a system for classifying all living things. With nearly every new entry on this blog, I mention species, usually designated in two words such as Panorpa latipennis. The first word is actually the genus and the second is the species. MJ Farabee tells us in his text. Most now recognize five kingdoms: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, and Monera. Formally, i...
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What Lives in my Yard?: To catch a deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Friday, February 3, 2012. To catch a deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). Notice the bicolored tail, dark above, white below, on the. Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). One of the best websites detailing the differences between the deer mouse and similar species is. Location where it was found (New Hampshire). For a positive identification of the deer mouse (Peromy...
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What Grows in my Yard?: July 2011
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What Grows in my Yard? My quest to identify every plant, both wild and domestic, that grows in my 5.25 acre, partially forested yard. Saturday, July 23, 2011. Blazing Stars (Liatris spicata) - Butterfly Favorites. Liatris spicata - also known as. Blazing Star, Gay Feather and Snakeroot. To add Liatris Spicata to your yard. Click here to visit BloomingBulb.com. The plant displays bright purple flowers beginning in mid-July. Because Liatris spicata is a late season bloomer, it is a perfect accompanimen...
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What Lives in my Yard?: Animals Announce their Presence in Spring: Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Sunday, May 3, 2015. Animals Announce their Presence in Spring: Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina). Male Chipping Sparrow singing in Springtime. Popular apps like iBird Pro 2. Quick facts about the Chipping Sparrow. Q: When can the Chipping Sparrow be found in New Hampshire? Spring Arrival Dates Revisited. Q: What does the Chipping Sparrow eat? A: Chipping Sparrow...
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What Lives in my Yard?: Northern Green Frogs (Rana clamitans melatona), Frog Traps and Frog Legs
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Northern Green Frogs (Rana clamitans melatona), Frog Traps and Frog Legs. Norther Green Frog (Rana clamitans melatona). The Wanderlust of Young Green Frogs. 65279;. Click the image for a slide show of my Northern Green Frog images. 65279;. Identifying Features of Northern Green Frogs. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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What Grows in my Yard?: Wintergreen (gaultheria procumbens)
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What Grows in my Yard? My quest to identify every plant, both wild and domestic, that grows in my 5.25 acre, partially forested yard. Monday, July 18, 2011. Wintergreen or eastern teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens). I'm going to start off the list of plants that grow in my yard with one that was a very pleasant surprise when I moved here. Wintergreen (. Read more about Wintergreen. Quick Facts about Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Yes, in small quantities. Can be fermented to make a tea. Creeping Frag...
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What Grows in my Yard?: One Plant, Two Names: Cilantro and Coriander
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What Grows in my Yard? My quest to identify every plant, both wild and domestic, that grows in my 5.25 acre, partially forested yard. Monday, September 12, 2011. One Plant, Two Names: Cilantro and Coriander. Cilantro leaf from the coriander plant. Seeds of the coriander plant waiting to dry and harden. However, the plant produces many, many flowers and many, many seeds. If you collect the seed balls and then grind them up using a spice grinder like this one that I use. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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What Lives in my Yard?: A firefly that doesn't light up, Ellychnia corrusca
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Friday, March 16, 2012. A firefly that doesn't light up, Ellychnia corrusca. Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca) hiding in the bark of a. As I catalogue each species of animal that I find living in my yard, I include quick facts about each animal. Things like: Where does it go in the winter? For one entry, the banded net-wing. How to identify insect species. We can c...
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What Lives in my Yard?: Woodpecker Hole Identification, Pileated Woodpecker
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What Lives in my Yard? My search to find every living creature that lives in the 5.25 acres of lawn, forest and stream that I call my yard. Saturday, May 30, 2015. Woodpecker Hole Identification, Pileated Woodpecker. Woodpecker holes in a pine tree in our yard. Rectangular or oblong holes indicate the work of a Pileated. The Pileated Woodpecker is, by a good margin, the largest woodpecker in New Hampshire and has a very striking crest and coloring. Knowing it is present with some regularity means tha...
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