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Colors of December
 Plants Picked on December 1st, Central Park (Click to enlarge) New England has the most beautiful fall colors in the world. Autumnal changes in leaf color are brought on by the decay of the dominant...
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An Introduction to Sands Point Preserve and its Changing Ecosystems
As a child growing up, I often visited the ice lake at Sands Point Preserve on the north shore of Long Island. The visible beauty of the lake was as a window into the wonderful mystery of the...
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Phenology of Flowers
On Wednesday February 22nd I sighted my first turtle of the year come out of hibernation, it was 57 degrees at Sands Point Preserve Lake and a red-eared slider came out on a log. That turtle inspired...
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The Fastidious Fox of Sands Point
Following fox trails of depressed vegetation, I found myself in a curling labyrinth spanning all different directions I knew not where. In his classib book Walden, Henry Thoreau once wrote about the...
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That love of nature is an innate human quality, is the subject of E.O. Wilson’s 1984 book, Biophilia. According to Wilson, ants (and their close relatives, bees, wasps, and termites) and humans are the...
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Caterpillars on a Black Cherry Sapling
Walking through the forests of Sands Point Preserve on April 21st, I spied a silken tent pitched upon a black cherry tree sapling (Prunus serotina). The sapling stood three feet tall with a vine full...
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Eyes on the Ground, Heart in the Air
Who notices the wonder five feet below one’s eyes? Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium americanum), a field indicator of springs (where groundwater emerges to the surface). “He who hopes for spring with...
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Biodiversity Assessment of the Port Washington Peninsula, New York
High Resolution Habitat Map of the Port Washington Peninsula High Resolution Wetland Habitat Map of the Port Washington Peninsula True Color Aerial Photograph of the Port Washington Peninsula (2010)...
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An Island for Beavers in a Sea of Man
Walking by a marsh in Port Washington this spring, I found a log which tapered to a sharp tip with convex tooth markings, surrounded by aromatic wood clippings on the ground. “Beavers: Wetlands and...
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Spring Flowers in Central Park and Climate Change in New York
Central Park today welcomes the first crocuses emerging from the melting snow and the deep green water-loving buttercups (Ranunculus ficaria) cover the entire ground by patches of mud and melt-water...
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