The naming of things — humans are the only species (as far as we know) compelled to put a name to things — even the tiniest of things . . . .
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A bronzed cowbird is not a bad bird for depositing her eggs in the nest of an unwitting host, whose own brood often dies. No,
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Sudden environmental changes disrupt the nature of things, but in the natural world, the beat goes on. . . .
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Who doesn’t love those shrill summer serenades when the sun goes down?
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June bugs make my heart sing. Sheathed in glossy caramel shells, they zip about within swaths of springtime porch light—with some hapless beetles smashing into
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A reedy, insistent whine of “Kill-dee!” alerted me to this handsome plover with its roundish head, signature double breast bands and dark, massive eyes ringed