Tag: nature
group name: natureswanderers
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July 27, 2008 06:46 PM EDT --
Today, we decided to go visit our local Nature Center. I purchased a family membership last year for $15 through my homeschool support group. Chattanooga Nature Center . . . more
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November 24, 2007 12:15 AM EST --
We went to the cemetary on Thansgiving, and we saw a praying mantis! Unfortunatly he (?) had a broken wing. I think that's the only reason I was able to snap som photos of him. He did scurry around . . . more
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July 27, 2008 06:37 PM EDT --
I was lucky enough today to see this little beauty light in my crepe myrtle tree just outside the back door. I rushed to get my camera. She waited for me. The word is out among my back . . . more
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October 30, 2007 12:25 AM EDT --
I actually got to the park for about an hour in between rain showers! I was so excited! Of course it got dark so quickly then, but I still had a great walk, and got some good pictures as well!
Here . . . more
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August 29, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
Last summer, I was concerned at how few dragonflies I saw around the yard. I'm happy to report that the dragonflies are back! I didn't get as many photos as I would like, but here are the photos . . . more
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March 09, 2008 10:42 PM EDT --
About a month or so back, my son came running in and tols me to grab my camera. There were two little owls in out oak tree, but it was dark out, and the photos were only silouettes.
Today I was outside . . . more
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June 08, 2008 03:51 PM EDT --
While I was out deadheading my flowers this afternoon, I had a very interesting visitor fly in. I was so glad I had my camera with me because he was kind enough to pose for me for quite a while. . . . more
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June 10, 2008 06:37 AM EDT --
A week ago Sunday I went to Franklin Park Zoo in Boston to preview the place before going to the zoo with my AM class on Monday and my P.M class on Wednesday. Although the Monday trip went off without . . . more
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May 03, 2008 10:31 PM EDT --
Some bugs are simply terrified of us and our big, scary cameras. Some, like this little grasshopper, seem as intrigued with us and our cameras as we are with them.
I was at a cemetery (Spiritland) . . . more
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March 01, 2008 09:42 PM EST --
We get a couple different woodpeckers that visit our yard. We have a few dead trees that we haven't taken down yet, (and I wouldn't mind leaving them, because the birds love them!), and this is . . . more
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April 24, 2008 02:37 PM EDT --
I was getting my son ready for school this morning, and my boyfriend Jamie had left for work a few minutes earlier. The phone rings, and it's Jamie...he is at the busy intersection down the . . . more
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January 02, 2008 01:20 AM EST --
I was taking down all my Christmas lights this afternoon, and my son and his friends were getting all excited over a few bugs they found on our pine trees. They said for me to come and take a look at . . . more
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July 17, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
As many of you know, we've been raising painted lady butterflies this month.
We released the Painted Ladies (all but one, that is) at the lake this week. Well, just a few minutes ago I heard this . . . more
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May 04, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
Capture This is having the theme BUGS this week. Since I tend to take several (usually 20+) shots of bugs I tend to have a collection of them. This is from last summer, many of these shots have not been . . . more
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May 05, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
Mom came over this afternoon to see the new plants I got yesterday. Luckily I had my camera with me because a beautiful dragonfly came for a visit. The first thing I thought of was Shannon's . . . more
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August 03, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
I captured some interesting shots of a moth while down at my friend's house Friday. She had some pretty Lantana that the moth and another strange bug were enjoying. I thought I'd share . . . more
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July 01, 2008 06:11 AM EDT --
Any large darting and hovering moth of the family Sphingidae , having narrow front wings and stout body. Hawk Moths appear in night and are of different Colors. I have observed 2 types . . . more
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September 20, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
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September 21, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
I had the most incrediable experience involving a hummingbird yesterday that I just have to share it with my Gather friends!!
I was sitting outside in my screened porch talking with my daughter . . . more
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February 09, 2008 09:54 PM EST --
My ten year old son was playing out in the front yard the other evening...he came in and told me to 'Come quick mom, there's something you will really like out here'. So, I got my shoes . . . more
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