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Raptors and Riparians
by Ashton Nichols In addition to songbirds, our Creekside is also a realm of raptors; that is to say, it is busy with that expansive group of avian species that include the hawks, and the eagles, and the owls. “Raptor” more »
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Posted in Environment, General, Nature, The Roost
Tagged Audubon Society, North Mountain, Northern Exposure Awwkkee
Songbirds at Creekside
By Ashton Nichols The songbirds here are like nothing I have ever seen or heard, not when I lived in Virginia, or West Virginia, Maryland, Alabama, or London, England, or even at other locations in Pennsylvania. Bluebirds, scarlet tanagers, goldfinches, more »
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Posted in General, Henry David Thoreau, Nature, The Roost, Walden
Tagged Great Valley, North Mountain, South Mountain, West Virginia
Death from Above – Life Everywhere
By Ashton Nichols A juvenile red-tailed hawk in the woodlot behind our house roosts regularly in one tall locust tree and one tall pine tree. On a cool, recent May morning, he has slaughtered a large, brilliant red male cardinal more »
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Posted in Environment, General, Henry David Thoreau, Nature, The Roost, Walden
Tagged Charles Darwin