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Category: Nature Blog
Christmas Bird Count
January 11, 2016
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The Christmas Bird Count is an early-winter bird census where thousands of volunteers across the United States, Canada and many other countries count birds for one 24 hour period….
A New Lizard in Town – the Cuban Brown Anole and its effect on our native species
September 2, 2015
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You’ve probably noticed the bright lime colored lizards scurrying along fence tops or basking in the sun on tree branches. These are our native species of anole lizards, called green anole. You have probably also…
Importance of Native Milkweed
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The milkweed is the only plant on which monarch butterflies will lay their eggs and caterpillars feed.
We have lost 90% of the monarch population in the last 25 years…