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    Budding leaves welcome songbirds
    Tal Galton
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    Budding leaves welcome songbirds

    As the buds split and the tree leaves unfurl, tiny caterpillars and other invertebrates hatch out to feed on the new growth. Migrating so...
    Katydids herald the beginning of the end of summer
    Tal Galton
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    Katydids herald the beginning of the end of summer

    I started hearing katydids this week. Right now there are just a few male adults--the early members of an orchestra beginning to warm up....
    Ontogeny Recapitulates Phenology
    Tal Galton
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    Ontogeny Recapitulates Phenology

    This individual Galax plant follows the same bloom pattern as the Galax population as a whole. Just as the flowers on the bottom of the s...
    A moment in spring
    Tal Galton
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    A moment in spring

    I thought these Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) were looking mighty nice as they began to bloom. Then I noticed the drops of wa...
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