Discovering the world around me.
One of my very favorite signs of spring is the chorus of spring peepers coming from the ditches along the road in front of Owl Acres. When the weather gets warm enough, and we’ve had some rain, they start their choruses, calling to prospective mates. When the dogs and I go for a walk, we […]
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I’m sitting out on the deck, enjoying an evening chorus and glass of wine when that familiar trilling floats through the soundscape. There are lots of birds out there, but this isn’t a bird. It’s an American toad. He’s been hibernating over the winter, and now the ground temperature tells him that spring has arrived. […]
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