Wild Nantucket
Nantucket Natural History
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Hurricane Season
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Masquetuck These past two weekends, Tropical Storms Lee and Ophelia have ruled. Lee brought high winds but no rain, and Ophelia brought...
Foggy Days
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Foggy September 10 sunrise In early September, the Bluff Walk abounds with Queen Anne’s Lace, goldenrod, autumn clematis, and rose hips....
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Summer's End
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South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki I t’s hard to believe it’s the end of my Nantucket summer: the northwest wind has not yet begun ...
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Mid-August Diary
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Pearl Crescent butterfly on a Sweet Everlasting August 11: At Masquetuck, a lone red eyed vireo continues to sing. The marsh is changi...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Sweet Pepper and Supermoons
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Sweet Pepper, clethra alnifolia I set off to hike Norwood Farm in search of smelling the sweet pepper, clethra alnifolua, in bloom. It is ...
Monday, July 31, 2023
After the "Storm"
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Wood Lily Lilium Philidelphium Our Brooklyn kids and our four grandchildren left Nantucket yesterday and the house seems oddly quiet. I real...
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