Nature: Familiar voice gets the last word
This week I received a number of wonderful photographs of the many mushrooms to be found here on the island in the damp woods right now.
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Nature: Consider it a good day when you see a coyote
There are only two wild representatives of the dog family on Mount Desert Island – the red fox and the coyote.
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Nature: All around us, the circle of life is moving
Evening primroses flower at dusk and give beach strollers a real treat. As this flower first blooms, it opens its bright yellow blossoms a few at a time.
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Nature: Appreciate the vibrant shades of summer
As I walked up my driveway after a rainstorm, I couldn’t help but notice the varying shades of green in all the vegetation.
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Nature: That may not be morning dew on your feet
Spittlebugs are strange little creatures living in the grass in their frothy mass house of spit.
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Nature: More than flowers are in bloom right now
A large gathering of moon jellyfish is called a bloom.
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Nature: Promethea abound
A friend on the island sent me a message this week about many big, beautiful moths gathering on a bush near his home.
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Nature: Feathered corks and plunking banjos
Baby eiders bob like feathered corks along the shore in some places this month.
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Nature: All is not peaceful in woods, fields and ponds
The orchard oriole is considered a rare bird on Mount Desert Island, but one was seen at a local feeder recently.
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Nature: Blooming flower list keeps getting longer
Here on Mount Desert Island, seeing an eagle is special, but not unusual. Adult eagles are very beautiful and are here throughout the year. Their size is impressive, with a wingspread of 6 to 7 1/2 feet. Eagles are mainly fish eaters. They let other birds, like osprey, catch the fish and then they steal it by making the other bird drop it. Eagles can catch fish on their own, but they prefer letting other birds do the work. Although not elegant, eagles will also be happy with finding and eating dead fish and even roadkill.