Nature Observation

Why Take Risks

ByDavid Kuhns March 5, 2018March 15, 2018

The field had to flood.
The pair had to trek through woods.
Risk brings blessed beauty.

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Identifying Plants In Our Yard
ByDavid Kuhns May 9, 2018June 10, 2018

Identifying plants — especially native ones — can be a somewhat difficult process, especially if you’ve moved (as I have) to a bio-zone different from where you’ve lived before. I was talking about this issue with my brother Gene, out in Washington State. He’s gotten very good at identifying native plants on Vashon Island, where…

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Nature Observation

Barred Owl in Hickory Tree
ByDavid Kuhns April 19, 2018

Coming through the woods at about 8:15 a.m. today, I spotted what I think is a barred owl in a shagbark hickory tree. It was surveying the white crownbeard wildflower patch, before heading off to a higher viewpoint. Here’s the YouTube video. I also joined eBird, run by Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology. Looks to…

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If I Knew Birds Songs Better: What Is It? Video
ByDavid Kuhns May 6, 2018

Yesterday, May 5, 2018, was a Big Day in birding, and it left me wishing I knew bird songs better. First, what’s a “Big Day”? If you’ve seen the Jack Black / Steve Martin movie “The Big Year”, it’s kind of like that. www.eBird.org organized a world-wide “Big Day”, where birders all over the world…

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Going Away Where You Are
ByDavid Kuhns March 10, 2019August 7, 2019

Two days after going away and then returning from a week-long trip to the Enchanted Isle that is Puerto Rico, I finally went out walking my few acres of property. Guess what? I kept finding new paths, new bits of nature I hadn’t experienced before. I discovered small plants, large trees with small budding spring…

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No Silence In Nature: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns June 6, 2019July 30, 2019

There’s no silence/ in Nature, nor would I/ want there to be. (Written as part of our Creative Expressions Retreat on our property across from the Chickamauga NMP –> http://passionretreats.com/creativeexpression6-26/ )

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Setting Of October’s Super Moon: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns October 14, 2019October 16, 2019

I’m cross-posting these poems in my CyranoWriter.com creative writing blog.

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