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Archive for September, 2009

Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Sep - 10 - 2009

Forest Floor Warbler

The thing I like most about Ovenbirds is that they notice you.  Most wood warblers wouldn’t bother to give you the time of day, busy as they are poking about for insects and chasing off rivals high in the canopy.  As celebrities of the birding world, they generally aren’t particularly gracious to their fans. But  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches
Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Sep - 07 - 2009

Looking-glass Insect

Walkingsticks are truely bizarre organisms, looking like a piece of the forest floor sprouted legs and tried to crawl indoors.  I found this one on the sliding door of the cottage Friday night, and he hung around the deck for most of the weekend.  I haven’t seen once since I was a kid — though  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches