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Thank you so much for all of the information you have on your site! It is so accessible, and I expect to direct my students to your resources on a regular basis

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A Guide to Butterfly Life

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For the Amateur Naturalist

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Grinnell Scientific Nature Journal

A Seasonal Gardener’s Guide

A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.
A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.

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  • Cavity Nesters: Birds that Use Holes in Trees
  • Choosing a Hand Lens for Nature Study
  • Identifying Backyard Mammals: A Photo Gallery
  • How to Tell Tadpoles from Salamander Larva
  • Fascinating Groundhog Facts
  • Black Swallowtail Larvae, Last of the Summer Butterflies

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Penstemon barbatus native utah to Mexico. Photo: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

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