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Animals

Animals Local Gardener 

Lookalike butterflies: Monarchs and viceroys

January 30, 2023March 1, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 250 Viewsbutterflies, monarch, viceroys

Doesn’t mean you have to disparage viceroy butterflies, though, the butterflies that look an awful lot like monarchs except for

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Animals Local Gardener 

Inebriated animals and insects

January 30, 2023March 1, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 199 ViewsAnimals, Birds, insects

Do the birds and the bees get a little drunk sometimes? They certainly seem to, at least some of them.

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Animals Local Gardener 

Dissecting Canada thistle

January 27, 2023March 20, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 148 Viewsdissecting, thistle

By Shauna Dobbie I bet you wish you could actually dissect all the Canada thistles out there and trash them.

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Animals Gardening How-to Local Gardener 

What to plant to attract butterflies

January 27, 2023March 20, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 286 Viewsbutterflies, gardener, planter

If you want to have monarchs in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom in fall to

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Animals Local Gardener 

Blue Jays don’t deservetheir bad reputation

January 27, 2023March 20, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 202 Viewsblue jays

By Dorothy Dobbie They look blue. You’d swear they are blue, a very striking, and intense blue kind of blue.

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Animals Local Gardener 

Dissecting bleeding heart

January 27, 2023March 20, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 146 Viewsbleeding heart, dissecting

By Shauna Dobbie My grandmother had a big bleeding heart in her garden, next to her front door. As a

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10 neat things about wasps
Animals 

10 Neat Things: About Wasps

September 1, 2022March 20, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 606 Viewsgarden helpers, wasps

1. I walk alone.  Contrary to what we may believe, most wasps are solitary, living alone in a hole in

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wild birds in winter
Birds Local Gardener 

Wild Birds in Winter

February 2, 2022 Caroline Fu 845 Views

How is it that winter’s brutal cold doesn’t appear to faze them? Birds have the highest body temperature in the

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captivating caterpillar
Animals Wild Critters 

Captivating caterpillars

February 13, 2021 Caroline Fu 918 Views

By Sharon Moffat There is often nothing more upsetting to a gardener than to stroll out into the garden to

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For many the arrival of the American robin is a sure sign spring is on its way.
Animals Birds 

The American robin

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Caroline Fu 1200 Views

By Sherrie Versluis There is no bird more recognized in North America than the robin. They are known to many

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