Cedar Writes

Tag: naturalist’s walk

  • Observations

    Observations

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    I’m not terribly good at birds.  Today I went on a birdwalk with other naturalists, and it was a lot of fun (plus being good exercise) because I was learning things the whole time. One of the things I already knew: I’m pants at identifying birds, especially when I can’t see them. Birdsong remains a…

  • The Dayton Prairie

    The Dayton Prairie

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      Only remnants remain, mostly re-created in the local parks. As fall ushers in the end of the year, things are still blooming, still storing nutrients against the bleak winter. This was a perfect day to go walk through the tall grasses and feel the caress of the ceaseless wind.  I took the First Reader…