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Read more about the article When Is It Really Spring?

When Is It Really Spring?

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:03/22/2016
  • Post category:Birds

How do you know when it's really Spring? Everyone has their favorite signs. Even though the trees are still bare, it may be Spring because the grass starts to turn…

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Read more about the article American Chestnut Trees

American Chestnut Trees

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:01/05/2016
  • Post category:Uncategorized

The magnificent American chestnut tree once dominated 200 million acres of the eastern United States. Chestnuts were the primary food source for wildlife, livestock and people. Many different uses of…

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Read more about the article Why Leaves Change Color

Why Leaves Change Color

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:10/21/2015
  • Post category:Fall

Every autumn we revel in the beauty of the fall colors. The mixture of red, purple, orange and yellow is the result of chemical processes that take place in the…

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Read more about the article Monarch Mania

Monarch Mania

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:09/15/2015
  • Post category:insects/Uncategorized

As if Executive Director Tavia Cathcart Brown weren't busy enough to begin with at the Nature Preserve, she has now become a Monarch butterfly Mama! Her interest in flowers extends…

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Read more about the article Emerald Ash Borer

Emerald Ash Borer

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:08/18/2015
  • Post category:Trees

On a recent trip to Cincinnati, I noticed many trees along I-71 which appeared to be dead or dying. A quick glance at the leaves showed them to be ash…

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Read more about the article Luv at the Frog Pond

Luv at the Frog Pond

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:08/11/2015
  • Post category:Outdoors

We always expect courtship and mating behavior to happen in the spring, and often this is the case. Some animals, however, continue to court and produce young throughout the summer.…

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Blue Moon

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:07/31/2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

"Blue Moon, You saw me standing alone..." "Once in a Blue Moon" There are two astronomical definitions of a Blue Moon; both are a type of Full Moon. When the…

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Family Campout

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:06/29/2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

When I was a Girl Scout, many, many years ago, we went camping several times every year. As an adult, however, we usually stayed in cabins or the lodge at…

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Scary Shelf Clouds

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:06/26/2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

This morning some ominous looking clouds rushed over Kentucky, and apparently, much of the Eastern US as well. According to the meteorologists, these are shelf clouds. Shelf clouds often resemble…

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Birds in the Grasslands

  • Post author:Bill Reynolds
  • Post published:06/04/2015
  • Post category:Birds/Uncategorized

It's exciting to walk through Meadowlark Meadow now because of all the birds who live there. Red-winged Blackbirds, in particular, are everywhere - calling loudly to protect their territories from…

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