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Common (Northern) Map Turtle - Photo D. Gordon/E. Robertson

Creature Feature: Map Turtles (Graptemys species)

We were looking at turtles basking along Darby Creek and something wasn’t clicking. The kids were asking about the turtles, and my mind was drawing a blank. I was used to Painted Turtles and Sliders (both common in ponds in the Midwest), but these flat olive turtles didn’t look right. When we tried to edge closer […]

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Creature Feature: Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

I leaned over the footbridge railing and looked where she was pointing. At first all I could see was a tangle of zig-zagging sycamore branches, but then a movement caught my eye. A tiny wing flick revealed a tiny bird: a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird, squeezed atop a tiny lichen-covered knob that could only be her nest. We

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