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Grasses Wear Robes
learning a new grass We never get very far when we go on a Pennsylvania Native Plant Society field trip. But we always learn and see more than we bargained for. Take the grass field trip to Rothrock… more →
Marcia Bonta
Grasses Wear Robes
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Marcia Bonta wrote 5 months ago: learning a new grass We never get very far when we go on a Pennsylvania Native Plant Society field t … more →
Hiking the Ghost Town Trail
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Marcia Bonta wrote 11 months ago: Blacklick Creek from the Ghost Town Trail (click all photos to see larger versions) No trace of Dece … more →
In Search of Nature
Marcia Bonta wrote 1 year ago: John James Audubon portrait by John Syme, 1826 “It’s too darned hot,” I said on ou … more →
Where Industry Once Hummed, Urban Garden Finds Success
Leslie Heimer wrote 1 year ago: Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer Kacie King checked honey production at the North Philadelphia farm … more →
Flying Monkeys
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Marcia Bonta wrote 1 year ago: Crows acting up, by Greg7 “Why don’t you just shoot them?” That’s the reacti … more →
A Walk in the Park
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Marcia Bonta wrote 2 years ago: “Is there anything that can sting me?” our granddaughter Eva asked as she peered down at … more →
Saving the Future
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Marcia Bonta wrote 2 years ago: “I’m convinced that something has to be done to keep cows out of the stream,” Davi … more →
Grasslands of Central Pennsylvania
Marcia Bonta wrote 3 years ago: On a day in late August, members of the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society visited what ecologist Rog … more →
The Piney Tract
Marcia Bonta wrote 3 years ago: “Tsi-lick” went the Henslow’s sparrows. From every direction, they called as the c … more →
Crusader for Birds
Marcia Bonta wrote 3 years ago: Two deer heads and three guns mounted on his study wall prove that he was once a hunter. But a sign … more →
Life at a Vernal Pond
Marcia Bonta wrote 3 years ago: It was not the year to observe our vernal ponds. But how was I to know that? After two years of more … more →
Mad Marmots
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Marcia Bonta wrote 3 years ago: “Danger–Mad Marmot” warned the sign on the laboratory door. Inside stuffed woodchu … more →
A Natural Heritage
Marcia Bonta wrote 4 years ago: “I’m too old for this,” I think as I follow Jessica McPherson up and down the stee … more →
Dragonflying
Marcia Bonta wrote 4 years ago: “Dragonflying is good for jaded birdwatchers. It presents new challenges,” Cynthia Berge … more →
Return to Enlow Fork
Marcia Bonta wrote 4 years ago: I never expected to be conducting a choir of American toads at Enlow Fork. After all, this state gam … more →
Manure Chasing
Marcia Bonta wrote 4 years ago: Every winter we spend at least one cold day on a manure chase. We hope to find Arctic-tundra and gra … more →
In Search of Old-Growth
Marcia Bonta wrote 5 years ago: Every time our son Dave suggests a field trip in search of old-growth forests, I get nervous. I also … more →
October's Bright Blue Weather
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Marcia Bonta wrote 5 years ago: Another October has come and gone and Dad was not here to see “October’s bright blue wea … more →
The Biodiversity of Lake Pleasant
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Marcia Bonta wrote 5 years ago: On a bright, breezy day in early June we paddled a canoe around Lake Pleasant, one of eight glacial … more →
