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Category: Nature in Summer

The Sun burns bright in Space.
June 20May 18 Donna L. Long

Change is Coming

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May 30October 3 Donna L. Long

June 2020 Summer Nature Almanac

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
August 24October 3 Donna L. Long

Summer Blooming Native Flowers

Egg case of the European Mantis or Praying Mantis (Mantis_religiosa)
July 13November 11 Donna L. Long

Whose Egg Case? The European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Yellowjackets nest in the tree in front of my house.
September 20February 15 Donna L. Long

The Yellowjackets And The Squirrels

Aster and Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) onn a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) blossom in my garden.
October 31July 26 Donna L. Long

New England Asters are a Buffet for Pollinators

Male American Goldfish feeding at my feeders.
June 27October 3 Donna L. Long

Summer Moons and Nature Holidays

Shadbush (Serviceberry)
June 22August 26 Donna L. Long

Seasonal Foods for Summer

gill mushrooms. Photo by Donna L. Long
June 6July 26 Donna L. Long

Nature in Summer: An Overview

Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)
July 1October 3 Donna L. Long

Naturalist News – Summer 2013

The Sun burns bright in Space.
June 20October 3 Donna L. Long

Summer Solstice (Midsummer's Day)

Bee on Rhododendron in my garden
May 5July 22 Donna L. Long

Beltane – the beginning of summer

cumulonimbus clouds
August 29May 19 Donna L. Long

When is hurricane season?

August 28February 15 Donna L. Long

Lessons from a Hurricane

Dog-Day Cicada (Tibien canicularis). This annual cicada lives in cities, suburbs and woodlands and forests. The adults don't feed. Males attract females with a loud buzzing on late spring and summer days. Photo by Donna L. Long
August 5February 15 Donna L. Long

Dog-day Cicadas

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