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Nature Notes 自然観察記録
in the Twin Cities area, Minnesota
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first sighting of the season:
今季初
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2009-2010
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2010-2011
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2011-2012
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Summer
(2008-2009)
Fall
081130 Groundhog
(last sighting of the season)
2008 Spotted two bucks and several does.
081014 This morning I saw a buck run
across the road in front of my car. I had never seen a buck in the wild until
then. A week later or so, I spotted a buck crossing the road twice. Note
that A "buck" is a male deer while a "doe"
is a female deer. A baby deer is called a "fawn."
080920 Quite a few friendly
Garter Snakes (last sighting of the season)
during Matt & Julie Nature Walk 蛇
Winter (frost, ice, snow, icicle)
From January through March we've
spotted --- Mallard ducks, Canada geese, red-tailed hawks,
bald eagles, black-capped chickadees (+calls), American crows, rock pigeons, a
hare (white), gray squirrels and their nests, a bald eagle nest, many abandoned
bird nests
090307
A flock of 30 American robins
(first sighting of the season; many people are saying that quite a few
robins have stayed in MN during this winter. April, 2009),
Catkins appearing on aspen
trees (first sighting), and catkins? on magnolia, last year's crabapple fruits
090307
Maple syrup sapping
- an advanced technique - &
beehives. We couldn't spot barred owls during the walk although Naturalist Julia,
Arboretum, had
spotted two barred owls on the day before this past Sat., 090307. "She was
lucky!" During the walk
we spotted several kinds of animal tracks. We often spotted Cranberry bush
fruits, which Julia
identified for us. Woodpecker Drumming
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Nature Walk, Arboretum
090207 Turkeys (scats, tracks),
white-tailed deer (tracks in snow, scats, beds in snow, blood* by a bed), foxes
(tracks), beaver's tree-felling activity, beaver's lodges, mouse tracks in snow, white-footed mouse - winter shelters** using American
goldfinch's abandoned nests (white-footed
ネズミが、鳥の去年作った巣を改造して冬の家を作り、越冬します
), a big
abandoned hornet nest, etc.
- Nature Walk, Arboretum
* Naturalist Julia is saying the blood may be from a deer. The deer could
have been attacked by a predator such as coyotes while in the bed. ** We learned
from Naturalists Julia & Matt of Arboretum.
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