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Circling the Smiling Pond: Colorado, Day 3: Wetlands and Grasslands
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Colorado, Day 3: Wetlands and Grasslands. Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder, CO. Eager to explore as many different Colorado habitats as I could before leaving, I checked the online records of a local birding club and decided that nearby Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, a natural area reclaimed from a gravel pit, was my best shot at wetland birdlife. Start of Pawnee Grasslands Birding Tour. The other dominant bird was th...
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Circling the Smiling Pond: March 2015
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Drumlin Trail, Ridge Hill Reservation, Needham, MA. I think we may still have snow on the ground in May this year. Despite a week of rain and thaw, there's still a good 5 or 6 inches in some places. No bluebirds yet at Charles River Peninsula. Posted by Peter Oehlkers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). CRP Nest Box Reports 2011. NCF Progress Final Post 11/5/2011. Baltimore Oriole Project 2012 (updated). Longfellow gets angry (1850s).
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Circling the Smiling Pond: NCF Progress Final Post 11/5/2011
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. NCF Progress Final Post 11/5/2011. I'm using raised bed plot #35 at the Needham Community Farm. S new location at the old Nike missile base. Lily is enthusiastic to help out. I will relate our adventures, in reverse chronological order, here. Saturday, November 5. Pulling up the marigolds. Our farming adventure is finished for the year. On Saturday we cleared our bed of vegetation. Lily enjoyed pulling out the plants. Wednesday, October 15. I came o...
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Circling the Smiling Pond: Bluebirds! Season 5. Episode 7. Catastrophe.
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Thursday, June 4, 2015. Season 5. Episode 7. Catastrophe. Tree Swallow, box 18. Successive days of cold and heavy rain during nesting season. I expected the worst. And found it. Dead tree swallow chicks on cold soggy nests in four boxes: 1, 14, 15, 18. I cleared out the nests. Perhaps there's still time to get new broods in. Tree swallow nestling, box 2. Eastern Bluebird eggs, box 16. Posted by Peter Oehlkers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Circling the Smiling Pond: Late summer lushness
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Concord Grapes, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Some stalk the water. Great Egret, Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Great Blue Heron, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick, MA. American Groundnut, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA. You can eat them. Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA. If you get there quickly enough.
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Circling the Smiling Pond: Colorado, Day 2: Into the mountains
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Colorado, Day 2: Into the mountains. Elk Meadow, Jefferson County, CO. Both Pettingill (1953) and Robert Folzenlogen's Birding the Front Range. 1995) describe Mt Evans Road as an essential birding trip, so I left before 5 am to make the drive south, with the goal of beating the weekend crowds. First stop was Elk Meadow, in hopes of spotting actual elk. Elk, Elk Meadow. Check). And mountain bluebirds. View from Squaw Pass Road.
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Circling the Smiling Pond: August 2015
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Concord Grapes, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Some stalk the water. Great Egret, Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Great Blue Heron, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick, MA. American Groundnut, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA. You can eat them. Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA. If you get there quickly enough.
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Circling the Smiling Pond: Baltimore Oriole Project 2012 (updated)
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Baltimore Oriole Project 2012 (updated). Baltimore Oriole Hotspots at the CRP. This page is organized chronologically but some observations are interpreted retrospectively. I use soundcloud to embed the songs, which has its pros and cons. Sometimes all the widgets won't load and after one play you get a "share" window that you have to click out of in order to hear the song again. May 4, 2012. Afternoon walk at Charles River Peninsula. An earlier sta...
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Circling the Smiling Pond: January 2015
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Friday, January 30, 2015. Toripan comes to America. Collection. The only volume I don't own is #5. (#4 and #13 are just misplaced). As I mentioned elsewhere several years ago. Is my favorite Japanese comic and the only one I actively collect. Whenever I visit New York I make a stop at Kinokuniya to see if they have the newest volume (and then buy up the available back issues of Morning. G' Mornin'," says the Pinyon Jay. Inspired by "Toripan" to drea...
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Circling the Smiling Pond: December 2014
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Circling the Smiling Pond. Crossing the Laughing Brook. Saturday, December 20, 2014. Christmas Bird Count, Bird Lore-style, 2014. Cutler Park, Needham, MA. This morning I continued my practice of talking a walk in December and counting the birds that I saw or heard. This is the way the Christmas Bird Count started and how I prefer to celebrate its heritage. This year's specially formatted (Bird Lore style) count:. American Goldfinches. Cutler Park, Needham, MA. Posted by Peter Oehlkers.
