Lynn Foster
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In April, the parsley hawthorn blooms and we see its delicate white flowers with scarlet anthers. They attract bees and small flies, the hawthorn’s…
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Do you know Arkansas’s native woodpecker species? Have you seen them? Here’s an introduction to four of them.The red cockaded woodpecker is the scarcest,…
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My yard has a winter visitor. For the last several days, I’ve watched a yellow bellied sapsucker outside my window.From less than two feet away, I’ve seen…
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In the spring, tent caterpillars build tents around the nodes of young leaves and feed on these leaves, particularly on wild cherry trees. But at this…
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Three small wafer ash trees grew in a yard, planted to be host plants for butterflies. This year, in mid-August, a giant swallowtail butterfly mother laid…
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The Bigleaf Magnolia has the largest flowers—more than a foot across—and the largest entire leaves—up to three feet long—of any Arkansas native tree. It…
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Nature needs our help; most species of wildlife are rapidly declining in numbers because we are destroying their habitat. Native perennials can be food…
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This month, we are sharing our own personal experiences in nature.I witnessed the following in April. A female hummingbird perched on the small feeder…
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In late March and early April ruby-throated hummingbirds returned to Arkansas.Do you feed hummingbirds? They are attracted to the color red, but dying…
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Spring officially begins in March, and blooming shrubs and trees are a welcome sight!As much as we love to see forsythia, blooming quince, and azaleas,…