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Sombrero wearing dogs, harvest moons and rubber ducks

1 Comment / Friends, Miscellaneous, Nature, Places to Visit, Wildlife / Douglas M. Muro & Nyvia Roman

In Latin, “octo” means eight – October’s place in the Roman calendar when March was the first month. It is now the 10th month in the Gregorian calendar. In Old England, October was called Winmonath, or “wine month,” for the season’s wine production, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. It was also known as Winterfylleth, […]

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Eagles and Owls and Hawks, Oh My!

bird-watched; bird-watching; bird-watches (intransitive verb), is the observation of live birds in their natural habitat, a popular pastime and scientific sport that developed almost entirely in the 20th century. In the 19th century, almost all students of birds used guns and could identify an unfamiliar species only when its corpse was in their hands. Modern