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Jun 17
3 min

Mountain Laurel and Small Flowers

The laurel are putting on their finery and it is time to go visit! There are also lots of little native wildflowers to discover if you look

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Lucy

May 23
5 min

Wildflowers and Nature Connection

We can be drawn in by many amazing transformations from wildflowers blooming to ferns unfurling to leaves emerging. If you...

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Lucy

May 6
3 min

Wandering: What do you notice?

Spring is a great time of year to wander in nature. The rapid changes mean that by visiting the same plant or looking at the same branch ...

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Lucy

Apr 23
3 min

More spring flowers blooming in the woods

With the exception of red trillium, you often have to slow down to notice the wildflowers in the woods. These brave beauties...

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Lucy

Apr 13
3 min

Trout-lily and Spicebush: yellow in the early spring woods

These two beautiful signs of early spring make me smile. I enjoy the appearance of the new dappled leaves of trout-lily on the forest floor.

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Lucy

Apr 6
1 min

It's a Girl!

Yes, I am referring to the tree in the photo as a "girl"! There are other trees that might be called "boys"...

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Lucy

Apr 3
2 min

Salamander Rain

The first warm rains in the early spring bring out the spotted salamanders. They migrate to the vernal pools...

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Lucy

Mar 23
2 min

I heard quacking

At 3 AM on March 11, I thought I heard a noise outside, so I opened my window. There was quacking in my own backyard!

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Lucy

Mar 18
1 min

Finding Roots: A Wadsworth Challenge

Here is a fun scavenger hunt at Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown. Can you find these fun root creatures? If you can't find them...

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Lucy

Mar 10
1 min

Girls & Frogs

For Girls Outside yesterday, we were really lucky. It was a warm day and the wood frogs had just migrated to the vernal pool...

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