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A morning at Whitefish Point
Sunrise yesterday was stunning, making it a great time to go for a walk after breakfast. There was a group of six Common Loons on the bay. Piping Plover on a nest within the nest enclosure. Blue flag iris and orange hawkweed. Beach pea. Sand cherry. Susan counting the Lake Huron tansies. Getting close for…
The Great Influenza
The other day I finished re-reading The Great Influenza, which I originally read early in the century when I was still teaching. I had used influenza, the virus as a critical part of explaining the relationship between evolution, genetics and disease. This book addresses all of those issues. Influenza is an RNA virus, as is…
Looking for unusual birds
The other day Susan and I went out in search of Dickcissel and Henslow’s Sparrow, which we found along with a lot of other things. We stopped to look at Turkey Vultures in the road then we saw a doe with three fawns. We’re used to seeing lots of Northern Mockingbirds when we visit the…
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