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Odonata in the Abbott Marshlands

Dancers, Darners, Skimmers, Clubtails, Forktails, Emeralds, Bluets, Spreadwings and Jewelwings! These are some of the colorful names given to families of insects in the order Odonata, which are commonly known

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Earth Day 2020

Earth Day Recollections for 2020* While I don’t recall much about the first Earth Day 50 years ago except that I was at Rutgers –Newark and that it was a

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Tree Bark

March 2020. It is the last day of February, albeit a leap year, as I write this. Now is time to watch for signs of spring if you haven’t already

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Ice (a)

2 December 2019 Ice – Information There’s much to marvel about as low temperature changes the state of water from liquid to solid.  Ice is amazing!  My purpose here is

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Ice – Flowers (b)

Ice Flowers are another frozen water phenomenon.  These are associated with specific plants.  In the Abbott Marshlands, we have two such species.  These are Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) and Frost Weed

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