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Mama, I’d Like to Learn About Birds

I have a special guest for you today, a guest who is keen to learn about birds. Enjoy!

Dear Mama,
I really want to spend some time with you this weekend learning about birds! I heard about the Great Backyard Bird Count and I am really excited to identify new birds. We only have to spend 15 [...]

Bringing Nature Home

The Conservation Gardener told me to read Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W Tallamy. I wondered just what could be so great about it; I have read plenty nature books. I’ve even read books about nature gardening. But Carole is a friend of mine and she offered to send me a copy. I jumped at [...]

3 Classic Reads for Animal Lovers

I find myself coming back again and again to read classic books, books I read many years ago. Below are three books I highly recommend for the animal-lover in you, or the animal-lover in your life.
#1 – My Family and Other Animals
Reading Gerald Durrell’s classic book as a teen had me longing for a life [...]

Tall Trees – Oak

There are 33 different species of oak listed in The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees – Eastern Region. All except the English Oak, Quercus robur, are native. Most oak species grow into tall trees, reaching heights of 50 to 100 feet.
Oaks are not only tall and majestic trees, evoking visions of the [...]

Common Bugs

Bug Books at Amazon.com
Sometimes new things are exciting and sometimes they’re just an irritation! For instance, when you move house to America, and set up home on a whole new continent, you’ve no clue what to expect when it comes to common bugs.
Finding a new bug while on vacation might be fascinating, or not depending [...]

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Mama, I’d Like to Learn About Birds

Bringing Nature Home

3 Classic Reads for Animal Lovers

Tall Trees – Oak

Common Bugs

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