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Month: September 2012

Rufous Hummingbird and Fall Migration – Ohio

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon September 17, 2012

Dakota’s Grandparents came to northwest Ohio for a visit and we all decided to spend a perfect weather day up at Magee Marsh. We found a LIFER for both Ohioans Dakota and (me) Jennie! A Rufous Hummingbird has been hanging around the Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s feeders and we all got amazing views! Rufous Hummingbird

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Weird Bug at Work – Greater Angle-wing (Katydid)

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon September 13, 2012March 12, 2016

While I’m not as into insects as the Ohioan-based part of the Birdfreak Team, a coworker discovered a “leaf bug” and asked me to photograph it. Using the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America I identified it as a Greater Angle-wing, a member of the Katydid family. Here are a few of the

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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Desert Solitaire
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Silent Spring
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America



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