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Soon to bloom in the High Country are the magnificent mountain laurels.
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05/22/2013 |
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Below is an excerpt of part of a Dear Naturalist column from last summer. It includes updates (at the bottom).
Last spring I asked a...
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05/16/2013 |
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One night last week, I took a friend for a drive on the parkway. We were looking for wildlife.
An hour into the ride and a short night hike...
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05/09/2013 |
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We are only a few weeks into spring, and I have already taken 453 pictures of various wildflowers.
Mind you, at least 50 of them are of a...
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05/02/2013 |
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As a nature advocate, I find myself speaking up for the underdogs quite often.
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04/24/2013 |
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Last fall, I took a trip to New Mexico alone.
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wanted to see the rock formations that Georgia O’Keeffe used as subjects in her...
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04/18/2013 |
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Guest columnist Mickey Shortt searches for his ‘sign of
spring’
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04/11/2013 |
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Meet the thousand leaf dogtooth snake-tongue trout skin flower.
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04/04/2013 |
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For more than 300 million years, salamanders have returned to the water in spring to lay their eggs.
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03/28/2013 |
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Well, spring has finally sprung.
What lies ahead? Longer days, warmer temperatures and the birth or rebirth of our local flora and...
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03/20/2013 |
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What did I do upon finding it? A little dance. What did my dog
do? He rolled on top of it and then ate it.
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03/13/2013 |
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Last year, we moved to Banner Elk and have spent two winters here so far. Our property has a mix of woods and lawn. I have noticed humps in the...
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03/06/2013 |
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Nearly 20,000 new species were discovered in 2009 alone.
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02/28/2013 |
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While we human animals celebrated our love for one another last week on
Valentine’s Day, most other mammals will be doing their… celebrating…
this week.
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02/21/2013 |
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Skulks and endangered species are living smack dab in the middle of Boone
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02/14/2013 |
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A great number of questions have been coming in via email, and
I have just one request: Please send more.
It is wonderful to see so many...
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02/07/2013 |
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One of the benefits of living in the High Country is our proximity to native forest and wildlife.
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01/30/2013 |
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I do not know your feelings on the matter, dear reader, but I
am very excited about the oncoming winter storm. The storm, which has been dubbed the...
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01/17/2013 |
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There is one creature who has enriched my life in tremendous
ways. He, and only he, has accompanied me on some of my greatest
adventures.
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01/09/2013 |
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Why do beech and oak trees hang on to their dead leaves during the winter?
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01/03/2013 |
