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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

Winter sunrise with crescent Moon.
December 31February 10 Donna L. Long

January 2023 Nature Almanac

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December 31October 17 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)

wolf tree at Schuylkill Center
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

deep red Shadbush in autumn
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 12December 1 Donna L. Long

Autumn in the Natural World (PDF, ePub, and Paperback)

Travelling Black Swallowtail butterfly larvae
October 9August 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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August 17November 29 Donna L. Long

Butterfly Life (PDF and Paperback)

Thin-leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba) Photo by Donna L. Long
August 13August 13 Donna L. Long

Rudbeckias (Coneflowers) for Hot and Sunny Sites

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August 6August 9 Donna L. Long

Migrating Dragonflies

Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal
July 30September 26 Donna L. Long

August 2022 Nature Almanac

male mallard duck in eclipse plumage
July 23October 28 Donna L. Long

Confusing Summer Eclipse Plumage of Waterfowl

Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) Swallowtail Family (Papilionidae). Photo by Donna L. Long.
July 16October 10 Donna L. Long

Black Swallowtails: How to Identify Them

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July 9July 9 Donna L. Long

American Redstart

Female Ruby-Throated hummingbird
July 2July 2 Donna L. Long

Attracting Hummingbirds

Eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa)
June 25June 24 Donna L. Long

July 2022 Nature Almanac

female American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
June 18October 28 Donna L. Long

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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.

Top Posts & Pages

  • Choosing a Hand Lens for Nature Study
  • Identifying Backyard Mammals: A Photo Gallery
  • Cavity Nesters: Birds that Use Holes in Trees
  • Circumpolar Stars in the Night Sky
  • The Celtic Festivals - Earth-based Seasonal Events
  • Using the Pleiades as a Natural Calendar (with video)

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

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