What’s In My Backyard? Meet the Neighbors: Gray Hairstreak Butterfly For the introduction to this series, see here. Today we meet a Gray Hairstreak Butterfly. This is one of the most common butterflies in North America. It lives all over the US as well as Central America and parts of South America. The butterfly has […]
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What’s In My Backyard? Meet the Neighbors: Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly For the introduction to this series, see here. Meet the Variegated Meadowhawk. This species of dragonfly is common in the western half of the country and rarer in the east. Meadowhawks can be found near water or chasing insects over gardens and fields. If you
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What’s In My Backyard? Explore and Learn: Flies For the introduction to this series, see here. Today we are going to talk about flies! I can already hear the response: “YUCK! Why would I want to learn about flies? The only thing I need to know about flies is how to slam them with a
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What’s In My Backyard? Meet the Neighbors: Variegated Fritillary Butterfly For the introduction to this series, see here. Today I want you to meet a backyard butterfly. Fritillaries are beautiful butterflies but if you want to see them up close you have to creep up on them very carefully as they are jumpy. The butterfly’s
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What’s In My Backyard? Projects: Keeping a Nature Journal For the introduction to this series, see here. Keeping a nature journal is very important if you want to understand the wildlife in your backyard. It can be as simple as writing down what you see in the yard or as complicated as you like it
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What’s In My Backyard? Meet the Neighbors: A Golden Northern Bumblebee For the introduction to this series, see here. What’s in my backyard? I found this bumblebee enjoying one of our pea flowers. Bumblebees are attracted to pea and tomato flowers, among others. If you have a vegetable garden, try looking for these large gentle
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Every day, we will post a few brief prayers inspired by the Liturgy of the Hours. O Lord, open my lips. And my mouth shall declare your praise. Psalm 96 O sing a new song to the Lord, sing to the Lord all the earth. O sing to the Lord, bless his name. Proclaim his help
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Every day, we will post a few brief prayers inspired by the Liturgy of the Hours. O Lord, open my lips. And my mouth shall declare your praise. Psalm 111 I will thank the Lord with all my heart in the meeting of the just and their assembly. Great are the works of the Lord; to
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What’s in my Backyard? Introduction Well, I don’t know what’s in your backyard but I can show you how to find out. I have been exploring my backyard for years and almost every day, I find new things. Every week, I’ll share some of my discoveries and give you some tips for becoming a backyard
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