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March 2March 28 Donna L. Long

Nature Journal Prompts Guide for Download

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Links to the Best Articles about Nature in Spring

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March 25March 25 Donna L. Long

April 2023 Nature Almanac

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March 18March 18 Donna L. Long

Places to Observe in Your Nature Journal

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March 11March 22 Donna L. Long

Nature Writing Themes and Expanding Your Journaling

Earthworm on the surface.
March 4February 27 Donna L. Long

The Full Worm Moon

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Nature Journal Prompts Guide for Download

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February 25March 22 Donna L. Long

Start a Nature Blog

Donna watching hawk migration on Hawk Mountain.
February 18February 27 Donna L. Long

What is a Naturalist? (journal prompt)

The Ultimate McMansion - Versailles in France
February 11February 11 Donna L. Long

Pitchforks and Revolution, Are We Getting Close?

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February 4February 3 Donna L. Long

Raven or Crow? Listening Maybe the Only Answer (with Videos)

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January 28February 10 Donna L. Long

February 2023 Nature Journal and February Nature Almanac

Sunrise over the bluebell woodland at Badbury Rings, Dorset.
January 14January 13 Donna L. Long

Land not Nature

Closeup of Great Horned Owl
January 7January 7 Donna L. Long

Owl Prowl: Great Horned Owls

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December 31February 10 Donna L. Long

January 2023 Nature Almanac

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December 31March 2 Donna L. Long

A Seasonal Gardener’s Handbook (PDF and Paperback)

Northbourne: summer solstice sunset (3)
December 21December 26 Donna L. Long

Celebrating the Winter Solstice (with videos)

setting Sun Stonehenge at the Winter Solstice
December 17December 26 Donna L. Long

Winter Solstice Arrives (with video)

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December 10December 10 Donna L. Long

Forest Forensics: A Wolf Tree Tells a Tale

American Crow in grain field.
December 3February 10 Donna L. Long

American Crows

Sky at Winter morning
November 26January 2 Donna L. Long

Nature Almanac December 2022

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November 19November 30 Donna L. Long

What Do Raptors (Birds of Prey) Eat?

A hazel dormouse or common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) during hibernation
November 12November 12 Donna L. Long

Hibernation is Suspended Animation

November 5November 16 Donna L. Long

Nature Almanacs and Calendars for 2023

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October 29November 27 Donna L. Long

November 2022 Nature Almanac

Planet Earth - Home
October 15October 15 Donna L. Long

Space: No Longer an Option?

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October 12March 2 Donna L. Long

Autumn in the Natural World (PDF and Paperback)

Travelling Black Swallowtail butterfly larvae
October 9October 10 Donna L. Long

Black Swallowtail Larvae, Last of the Summer Butterflies

Harlequin Bug eggs
September 24November 16 Donna L. Long

October 2022 Nature Almanac

Red MapleTree (Acer rubrum) leaf. Photo by Donna L. Long.
September 17January 2 Donna L. Long

The Autumnal Equinox and Fall Begins

Juvenile Red Fox
September 10September 10 Donna L. Long

Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

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August 19September 7 Donna L. Long

Identifying the Blue Dasher Dragonfly

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