I have a huge passion for Baseball, Birds, and Botany (actually anything that begins with B). I recently graduated with my M.S. in Plant Biology. I currently teach freshman biology labs and also work for a non-profit in New Hampshire.
Well, it finally happened
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Swainson's Hawk, nemesis no longer.
To say that I've wanted to see a Swainson's Hawk in Connecticut for a long
time is one way to put it. But that does not...
I’d know you anywhere
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I was working in the yard a lot the past few days, and all the pollen and
dust I kicked up seems to have aggravated one of my tonsils, that now rolls
in it...
December - not too shabby at all!
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*Smith's Longspur* - Hadley Honey Pot, Hampshire Co., MA. December 14th,
2022.
*A fabulous find for hard working local birder Scott Surner. Fifth state
re...
A bat book you won’t be able to put down
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There are great scientists, and there are great communicators, and then
there are those who can can communicate science extraordinarily well. I
often think...
Mi Regreso a España
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I recently had the opportunity to return to Spain to work with partners and
friends of the Intermountain Bird Observatory, Fundación Migres. This was
my th...
Some stuff from Baja
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Here are some images from Baja California, taken on a recent trip there.
Most of the time was spent taking pictures of large gulls (mainly
Yellow-footed) ...
May 18 Granite State
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What a most beautiful day to be out on the ocean today. We did quite a bit
of searching today but did get the opportunity to get some really nice
looks at ...
Killdeer Chick in Yellowstone National Park
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These were taken at West Thumb Geyser Basis, along the beach. It was really
cool to get to watch these little chicks up close and personal. I had never
see...
Texas 2013
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* A trip to south Texas has always been a dream of mine. With species
like Green Jay, Great Kiskadee, and Aplamado Falcon, the Lower Rio Grande
Valley...
Saw-Whet Owl Backyard Bird!
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Once upon a time (yeah you betchya this is going to be a good story if it
starts with that), Ben decided to not wake me up when a Barred Owl was
calling ou...
Gwern Gof Uchaf, Wales
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Gwern Gof Uchaf
* Gwern Gof Uchaf - The Best Campsite Ever *
I don't say this lightly
Owned by Sue and Bryan Williams this 750 acres of farmland is a lit...
Not So Lousy Bird Walk
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I always try to teach the importance of nature to my kids but it’s tough
at times competing with today’s distractions. I’m not sure who, or how it
came a...
Final post
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Hello! As you can probably tell, I have not added anything to this blog for
about a year, and for some time before that, posts were indeed very sparse.
Thi...
Alive.
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Dear reader(s),
I exist! One summer vacation, one cross-country move, one semester of
graduate school, and one extremely long Christmas break later, I am ...
New address
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My Blog has moved. If you are not automatically forwarded, please visit my
new site but all the same posts and content at: Nature Observances
NJO has a new location!
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We're in the process of making a switch to http://njoutdoors.wordpress.com/
- please continue to follow the blog at its new home! NJ Outdoors is
expanding ...
“Personally, I believe that there is a divine spark in us that binds us to the rest of creation, not merely as fellow creatures but as caretakers, with an earthly responsibility like the one we imagined for God. I’m not saying you can’t be a conservationist without this feeling — it’s just harder for me to understand what we owe the ivory-billed woodpecker without it.” - Jonathan Rosen
"Getting out into the field is not a means to the end, it itself is the end" - Jonathan Rosen
"In order to change the world we must first change our consciousness of it" - Jonathan Rosen