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Cedar Waxwings – Masked Bandits
Cedar Waxwing Writing Prompt Cedar Waxwings are a favorite of mine. They look like masked bandits, don’t they? With that mask, a pale yellow belly and a yellow tip on their tail, they’re fun to photograph. Harder to see and … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, hiking, Wildlife, writing notes
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Looking For Spring
Nature Meme Challenge! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been looking for Spring in every nook and cranny. This year, it seems so much more important to find the signs. Whether I walk my backyard, hike a trail or … Continue reading
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Tagged eagles, hiking, writing notes
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Hiking Adventure
Roberts Farm Preserve 64 Robert’s Rd, Norway, Maine Oh, how I love a good hike! Any time of the year, really! Being outside, in the quiet, deeply breathing in the fresh air, feeling the sun on my face . . … Continue reading
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Portland Headlight
The Portland Headlight, Maine’s oldest lighthouse, is open year round. And while I love to visit in the summer when the gardens are in full bloom, the grass is green, and the warm breezes are blowing, it’s quite beautiful in … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Geo-cache, hiking, Wildlife
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Fox Family 2017
Over April Vacation, I spied a pair of cardinals hanging around my bird feeder. In the 26 years we’d owned the campground, I had NEVER had a pair of cardinals visit me! To say I was excited was an understatement! … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, fox, hiking, Wildlife
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Winter Wildlife – Otters
Oh, it’s been so very long since I posted! And I apologize, dear reader. You see, Book 4, Mystery of the Bear Cub has been the hardest of all of Cooper’s adventures to write. I absolutely love the content: Black … Continue reading
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2017 Calendars
There are two different calendars this year. Each is filled with photos I took and edited personally in 2016 while kayaking and hiking in the Poland, Maine area. Calendars are Loon Family and Maine Wildlife, and either of them can … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear, birding, fox, frogs, Heron, hiking, kayaking, loons, owl, Wildlife
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Meeting Readers
One of the best things about being an author, with a campground, who writes about kids who live and work in a campground . . . is that I get to meet my readers right in the midst of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooper and Packrat, fox, hiking, kayaking, loons, Wildlife, writing notes
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The Foxes Are Back!
As I headed to the trail cam last Wednesday, I heard a scurry-type sound in the bushes. Two of them actually. I didn’t think anything of it; probably a mouse or a bird, I thought. Instead, I saw a fox … Continue reading
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More Great Horned Owlet Photos
After the second owlet branched from their nesting spot, we lost sight of them for awhile. My campers would stop by the office to ask, “Have you seen them? Are they okay?” To which I had no sure answer. Until … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, hiking, owl, Wildlife
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