by Trudy Irvine | Jul 14, 2021 | Environment, Nature
I can attest that, as a student of biology in the early 90’s, anthropomorphism and personification were frowned upon. Plants and animals were to be viewed through a scientific lens and were largely regarded as an increasingly complex series of cellular structures and...
by Trudy Irvine | Jul 7, 2021 | Environment, Nature
by Trudy Irvine, Member Education Committee Tennis players at the Club were treated to the sight of an enormous Eastern Fox Snake sunning itself along the shoulder height horizontal bar of the Court 1 enclosure on Sunday morning. Obviously, an enthusiast of the game,...
by Trudy Irvine | Jun 30, 2021 | Birds, Mammals, Nature
by Trudy Irvine, Member Education Committee Over the last year have you: Observed social distancing?Stockpiled “supplies” (raised eyebrow) for an upcoming period of enforced isolation?Spent the winter in your burrow, emerging from a state of torpor only to raid...
by Trudy Irvine | May 20, 2021 | Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Nature
Mayflies, or shadflies are hatching in great numbers. Relatives of dragonflies and damselflies, these short-lived insects belong to an order fittingly named Ephemeroptera. There are many species all over the world and in our area. They became known as...
by Trudy Irvine | Aug 19, 2020 | Nature
by Trudy Irvine, PaBIA Education Committee A day trip to the Key Harbour area this past Saturday resulted in my first sighting of a North American River Otter. With my dogs and the rest of my party forging ahead on a walkabout of the outer island on which we had...
