The curious naturalist nature's everyday mysteries
"Our lives are surrounded by ordinary miracles, everyday mysteries. To find them, all you need to do is indulge your senses. Follow the scent of earth outdoors on a cool, wet morning in spring. On a hot August afternoon, go down to the local pond and watch dragonfly larvae crawl out of their sk...
| Main Author: | Montgomery, Sy. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Camden, ME :
Down East Books,
©2000.
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Table of Contents:
- SPRING
- Phantoms of the woods
- The mysterious partnership of the lichen
- The beloved robin's alter ego
- Early Spring's subtle splendors
- The blackfly
- The secret lives of worms
- Birds' nests
- A porcupine's private life
- Athletics and ardor
- Nature's lacework
- Croak of the wild
- Mud-lucious
- Eating wild
- SUMMER
- Jellyfish
- Sex and the single dragonfly
- Herring gulls
- Going for the gold
- Bats
- Messages in spider's webs
- Never sleep with a skunk
- Following firefly flashes
- Tide pools
- The sting
- History in stone
- Alien invasion
- Nature's fireworks
- AUTUMN
- September's insect chorus
- Neither land nor water
- Pods
- Black bear
- Hand-feeding wild birds
- For a plant, it's a galling experience
- Cougars stage a comeback
- The magic of mushrooms
- In praise of flies
- Animals on the move
- Competing for color
- Leave it to beavers
- Chipmunks and squirrels
- Return of the wild turkey
- Winter
- Sounds and silences of December
- Flying squirrels
- Pines
- When deer last in the dooryard browsed
- The ordinary miracle of ice
- A whole lot of hooting going on
- Fox tracks in snow
- Birches in winter
- Cannibal athletes
- Tales of the tree trunks
- A community of crows
- Tidal treasures
- Arctic visitors
- Stories written in snow
- Cold facts
- Heaven under our feet.