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micki colbeck~keeping an eye on nature

keeping an eye on nature

Author: mickicolbeck

As a naturalist, I enjoy studying plants, hiking with my two little brown dogs- the LBDs, and swimming across large bodies of water, preferably with loons. I write monthly stories about these excursions as "A Solitary Walker" for the Valley News Perspectives. I serve on the boards of the Strafford Conservation Commission and Alliance for Vermont Communities.
Walkin’ the blues away
Dogs, Mosses, Natural History, Nature, Sadness, Walking, Writers

Walkin’ the blues away

With just enough ice to support her twenty-three pounds, she came running down a hill becoming airborne, her beagle ears flapping in the wind. Continue reading Walkin’ the blues away

Summer remembered
Art, Birdwatching, Dogs, Fall Migration, Loons, Natural History, Nature, Vermont, Wens, woodchucks

Summer remembered

Summer, remembered. It was once suggested to me by a friend in rural Missouri who lived in an old Sears … Continue reading Summer remembered

Poem to a wren
Natural History, Nature, Neotropical migrating birds, Poems, Wens

Poem to a wren

Wens never listen, brave headstrong wrens. Continue reading Poem to a wren

Birdwatching, Ecology, Loons, Nature, Neotropical migrating birds, open-water swimming, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Wens

Troglodytes and humans

 For lack of a more suitable place, I hung an earthenware birdhouse—actually, just a hollow clay ball with a hole … Continue reading Troglodytes and humans

I am a Vermonter in New York
Coastal forest, Long Island, Nature, Septuagenarian, Vermont

I am a Vermonter in New York

apologies to Sting Sequel to a septuagenarian’s guide. April 22, 2021 My friend and neighbor Randy Coffin, long ago rode … Continue reading I am a Vermonter in New York

COVID, Love, on-line dating, Septuagenarian

Love in the time of COVID

A Septuagenarian’s guide to on-line dating April 1, 2021 (apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) A year ago, as he finally … Continue reading Love in the time of COVID

Spring Ephemerals
Ecology, Natural History, Nature, Spring Ephemeral Flowers, Vermont

Spring Ephemerals

Spring Ephemerals – in a rich forest near you.
Continue reading Spring Ephemerals

Sex and the Secret Life of Ferns
Fern reproduction, Ferns, Natural History, Nature

Sex and the Secret Life of Ferns

I have been wondering if a story about sex might not ease our worries for a bit. Please forgive my … Continue reading Sex and the Secret Life of Ferns

Changing times~ will you stay here or fly south again?
Birdwatching, Fall Migration, Natural History, Nature, Neotropical migrating birds, Ompomponoosuc River, Strafford

Changing times~ will you stay here or fly south again?

Migrating birds and migrating humans. Are we ready for winter? Continue reading Changing times~ will you stay here or fly south again?

Ascomycetes, Ash trees, Ecology, Emerald ash borer (EAB), Forest bathing, Hiking, Morchella, Morels, mycorrhizal fungi, Natural History, Nature, Pathogens, sac fungi

Have you hugged an ash today?

  When hiking in the woods in May, I instinctively look around the base of ash trees. Sometimes in a … Continue reading Have you hugged an ash today?

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