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Beloved Northern Cardinal

July 11, 2015 by Carol Duke 2 Comments

Beloved Northern Cardinal

The Northern Cardinal is known and beloved by many and is now a member of my A Bestiary ~ Tales from a Wildlife Garden. You can see the article over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Bestiary, Bestiary, Birds Tagged With: Northern Cardinal

A Bestiary ~ Warblers ~ Northern Parula

March 15, 2014 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

Over two years have passed since my monthly posts featuring Warblers began over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.  The next to the last warbler in the series, and as always sighted in the gardens at Flower Hill Farm, is presented this month in 'A Bestiary — Tales from a Wildlife Garden.'  The Northern Parula perches in an old apple tree and darts about searching for insects inside flower buds as I capture photos.  If you would like to see more images and learn about these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Bestiary, Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens, Songbirds, Warblers

A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse

December 11, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse

December sighs and drops whiteness about the land. The last few weeks of 2013 are at hand. Another month unfolds and now a landscape covered in downy snow and ice lies across these hills of Western Massachusetts. I have a new installment of my 'A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden' up over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. The Black-and-white Warbler joins the lively bouquet of warblers . . .  offering its striking plumage to the arrangement of songbirds. I hope you might … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Bestiary, Birds, Black-and-white Warbler, Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens, Warblers, Wildlife

A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse

December 11, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

December sighs and drops whiteness about the land. The last few weeks of 2013 are at hand.Another month unfolds and now a landscape covered in downy snow and ice lies across these hills of Western Massachusetts.I have a new installment of my 'A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden' up over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.The Black-and-white Warbler joins the lively bouquet of warblers . . .  offering its striking plumage to the arrangement of songbirds. I hope you might click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Bestiary, Birds, Black-and-white Warbler, Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens, Warblers, Wildlife

Vermilion Murmurs and Malus within a November Landscape

November 13, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

Cinnabar and Dragon blood come to mind when seeing the vibrant vermilion sprays of our middle garden Japanese Maple. Its blazing breath reaches over towards payne's gray shadows racing through the forested hills, we call Walnut Hill and High Ridge, creating a stunning contrast. Sturdy oaks still grasping their last burnt sienna leaves are nearly naked now. The Japanese Maple is as out of place in our landscape as an ancient Dracaena cinnabari might be, but it is a dormant dragon so lifting the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Bestiary, Apple Trees, Apples, Autumn Landscape, Cotinus, Crabapple, Dragon Blood, Japanese Maple, Metasequoia, Sedum 'Autumn Joy', South Field, Viburnum, Warblers

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