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Tag: Prey

  • National Dragonfly Day

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    Fred D
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    Bad News . . .  It’s not quite summer, but the hungry mosquitoes have already arrived Good News . . . The dragonflies have also arrived, and they’re hungrier! These efficient exterminators can devour hundreds of mosquitoes a day and have a 95% kill rate. In appreciation, I’m proposing a resolution to declare this National…

  • Survival of the Fittest

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    Fred D
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    On Fish Lake, in the shadow of Castle Mountain, last June a Trumpeter Swan pair hatched three downy white signets. They’ve since grown into feathered gray versions, a third the size of their large, stately parents . . . the serene beauty of Nature. Sadly, one of the signets has now gone missing. At 4…