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… as the American Woodcock looks like it was put together by committee, and not a particularly well-functioning committee … unbalanced by any tail or tailfeathers of note, it makes for a curious sight. A long beak that strikes fear in the … her male counterpart’s visage that she requires him to perform one of nature’s more spectacular mating dances in order …

… 4 … Chris Shadler is a wild canid biologist, and for about 25 years, her specialty has been the coyote. The … on a path may stray too near a den for the parent coyote’s comfort, “and so they will defend their den; they will … sometimes means domestic cats and dogs. Shadler says the best thing we can do for coyotes is educate them. And the …

… early bird harbingers of Spring. Wildlife photographer and Forest Society Floodplain volunteer Ellen Kenny spotted her … and Bluebirds may be considered harbingers of spring, yet both have remained in NH all winter, particulary in the … breeding territories. Taking a head start to claim the best nesting territories and thus attract females who arrive …

… are brilliantly colored. Migrant birds been trickling in for over a month now, returning from their winter grounds in … time, you can watch hundreds, of warblers land looking for bugs to refuel them for the next leg of their journey … warblers say “sweet, sweet, sweeter than sweet.”    And the common yellow-throat warbler goes with “witchity, witchity, …

… road. A colossal “hatch” of millions of half-inch long, forked-tailed insects is underway. I roll down the windows, … autumn, and then overwinter, crawling amid pebbles on the bottom of clear, cold streams and spring-fed ponds. Like the … their liquid birthplace. Aquatic insect life cycles are best known to anglers, who try to “match the hatch” to fool …

… !"  That turtle was too big and high-domed shell for a commont painted turtle and typically you wouldn't expect to … are fewer and fewer areas undistubed by development and free of curious collectors - be they innocent children or …

… 9 … HB 1210 In the last Forest Advocate, we discussed the Forest Society’s opposition to HB 1210, legislation which would establish a legislative committee to study the effect of current use taxation on …

… travels 10 to 15 miles through the Piscataqua River before reaching the bay. Great Bay comprises five major habitats: salt marsh, mudflats, … of switchbacks to the lower elevation and through the forest adjacent to the bay. The trail eventually loops over …

… land, but she has photographed them with a talent for capturing her subjects during the most breathtaking of … is on display during March and April at the Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests’ Conservation Center in … us, and the imperative to protect these spaces in our community that are still, amazingly, wild.” &nbps; …

… butterflies, and seem too frail to aspire to shade a forest floor. &nbps; The short, unsung “other foliage … stone walls in sandy, wet culverts. Get really close to best admire the elegant details of flowers, fern fiddleheads … members of the Purslane family grow on rich, moist hardwood sites under white ash and sugar maple. By May, Canada …