By Amanda Barker Author of the Blog Daily Pearl With spring approaching and flowers in bloom, a great accessory to any home garden is a visiting butterfly. So why not stock your home garden with plants that attract these beautiful insects? Butterflies are some of the most well recognized insects due to their specific shape and range [...]
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!SpRinG hAs ArRiVed! Celebrate with an inviting butterfly garden!
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Particularly Visible Now, the Virginia Bluebird is a Year-Round Delight
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I never knew the Eastern Bluebird existed until one snowy day in February, when I discovered them gathered on tree limbs in the melting snow. They are particularly visible, and audible, right now as they are picking out their nest sites and about to lay their eggs. ____________________________________________________________ Visit National Geographic HERE, where you can hear [...]
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By Amanda Barker Daily Pearl Snow leopards are “one of the most mysterious and elusive of the wild cat species, earning them the local and endearing term, ‘Mountain Ghosts’” (Panthera). They are also classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because it is estimated that as few as 3,500 – [...]
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By Amanda Barker Blog: www.dailypearlva.blogspot.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amandabarker7 Ask a child to describe a tiger and they will explain what they’ve seen in movies, on television, or in a zoo; however, tigers are so much more than that. Nowadays, the only way most people experience a tiger’s presence is to visit a zoo, like the Metro Richmond [...]
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