by northoftheridge | Apr 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
For those who have noticed a dearth of notes, let me say that I only post a note when I learn something, and there is nothing like a long cold winter to preserve one’s state of ignorance. Last week I learned something, actually, a couple of somethings. I was trying to...
by northoftheridge | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I normally like to be fairly certain about the identities of the critters I post in these notes, but sometimes I just have to go out on a limb. Leaving what has been a cold and miserable late autumn behind, come back with me to Scotia Barrens on a fine afternoon in...
by northoftheridge | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Outdoors folks get excited, and rightly so, about vernal pools. Vernal, of course refers to springtime, and one of these fishless puddles, smack in the middle of a to-all-appearances-dead March woodland, apeep with Spring Peepers and percolating with lust-crazed...
by northoftheridge | Aug 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
What a difference 600 feet makes. In my back yard, the Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) is just breaking into bloom. Less than 25 miles west-southwest and a little more than 600 feet higher in the mountains, it is already passing its prime. There are more than two dozen...
by northoftheridge | Aug 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
No, this note is not about a considerate lady named Lilia. The title is in Latin (considerate sorta rhymes with “a cup of latte”). So, as the many Latin scholars among our readers will have discerned, this post is about lilies. I’m talking about real lilies here, not...
by northoftheridge | Jun 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is a small pond nearby that hosts great numbers of dragonflies. It is large enough to pull in the bigger dragonflies, but it is small enough that I can track a dragon all the way across the pond and back by eye. This is where I practice “wing-shooting”...
