tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51821612593948682002024-03-05T07:31:25.298-06:00Nature Notes"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world". -John MuirCharlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-6872563986058933312022-05-10T15:14:00.001-05:002022-05-10T15:14:32.667-05:00All Blogs Combined into One at<p><b><a href="https://www.charliedoggett.net/">Retired in Costa Rica</a></b></p><p><a href="https://www.charliedoggett.net/" target="_blank">https://www.charliedoggett.net/ </a></p>Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-3987755676528635702014-10-15T16:47:00.000-05:002014-10-15T16:47:34.451-05:00A Walk in the Woods<div style="text-align:left; width:450px;" data-bindattr-55="55">
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Sometimes I think there are nearly as many flowers blooming in the Fall as in the Spring, at least along the greenways. A couple of shots from my morning bike trips on Stones River and Shelby Bottoms Greenways:<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-1344611259805490982014-09-08T22:59:00.000-05:002014-09-08T22:59:02.402-05:005 New Bird Photos From Costa Rica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Be sure to see the <b><a href="http://costaricadecisionprocess.blogspot.com/2014/09/bird-photos-identified.html" target="_blank">5 bird photos</a></b> I posted on my Costa Rica Decision Process Blog. Three are first-time sightings for me: Black-billed Nightingale-thrush, Collared Redstart, and Volcano Junco. The Toucan and Quetzal are possibly better images than I already have. My two days birding on the two-week trip were my favorite. The purpose of the trip was to see if I could re-retire in Costa Rica and it looks like I may by the end of the year. </div>
Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-24150653762630659742014-08-16T22:03:00.002-05:002014-08-18T14:01:20.591-05:00A New Flower Today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
And of course I can't find it in either one of my Tennessee wildflower books. Let me know if you know the name of it. It is growing in many places along the Shelby Bottoms Greenway. (Thanks to Jill for identifying it for me!)<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-52022828481646481772014-08-13T20:54:00.001-05:002014-08-13T20:54:32.180-05:00Eastern Box Turtle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Saw this little guy slowly trying to cross the paved path Monday. I stopped, made this photo, then picked him up and put him across the path before he got hit by a fast-moving bike.<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-6361253419503190462014-08-07T13:44:00.001-05:002014-08-07T13:47:20.569-05:00Wild Potato Vine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am still riding my bike on the greenways three days a week, just not posting many photos. I was calling this flower a wild morning glory and it is in the morning glory family, but most commonly called Wild Potato Vine and sometimes Man Root or Wild Rhubarb. It has a giant root that can weigh up to 30 pounds and be up to 4 feet long! Amazing! The technical name is ipmoea pandurata. Cool! There is always something new in nature and on both these greenways!<br />
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I've been seeing a lot of these for the last week or two. Nice! </div>
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-24340607642576043322014-07-30T21:21:00.000-05:002014-07-31T09:00:31.041-05:00Indigo Bunting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is only my second shot of one, both with cell phone and too far away to see well, but at least this one shows the whole bird. They are mostly on the move and fast-moving and really avoid people. Seldom seen up close. It reminds me of the Blue Morpho Butterfly I've seen in Amazon and Costa Rica but no good photos!<br />
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<a href="http://www.charliedoggettnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/indigo-bunting.html" target="_blank">My earlier May sighting photo only caught his head.</a> They are the most brilliant blue of any bird in North America, I think. It is also interesting to note for any regulars on the greenways that both of these shots were made at the Shelby Bottoms end of the Cumberland River Bridge.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-53904555547019834362014-07-23T21:18:00.000-05:002014-07-23T21:18:22.123-05:00Beauty Reflected<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A reflection of trees in the Stones River from the little bridge near Hartland Park. There are new natural beauties every time I ride my bike on the greenway!<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-1712469354490214852014-07-16T21:36:00.002-05:002014-07-16T21:50:08.585-05:00"My Spot in the Woods"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Possibly my favorite magazine is <i><b><a href="http://www.tn.gov/environment/conservationist/" target="_blank">The Tennessee Conservationist,</a></b></i> and certainly one every Tennessean who loves nature should subscribe to for just $15 a year or less with multiple year subscriptions, for 6 large, nature-packed issues featuring everything nature, the wonderful Tennessee State Parks, and page-fulls of beautiful nature photos. I love it! Only <b><i><a href="http://www.naturephotographermag.com/" target="_blank">Nature Photographer</a></i></b> magazine compares!<br />
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The feature article in this 2014 July-August issue is titled <a href="http://www.tn.gov/environment/conservationist/my-spot-in-the-woods.shtml" target="_blank">"<b>My Spot in the Woods"</b></a> by Mary Priestly, reporting on the terrific annual 6th Grade school project by Cindy Potter, at St. Andrews-Sewanee School in the South Cumberland, my favorite hiking area. Once each month during the school year, regardless of weather, each child spends time in the same spot in a nearby forest (Shakerag Hollow) writing down their observations; what they see, hear, smell, and feel. Back in the classroom each child uses those notes to write a short essay on "My Spot in the Woods" for that month. It is typed and posted on a hallway bulletin board. The following months are posted on top so that someone could read through the changing observations. The kids also memorize something from one or more nature poems/writings of their choice by authors like John Muir, Natalie Babbitt's <i>Tuck Everlasting</i>, Robert Frost's "Who Has Seen the Wind," or Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things." I think this is so wonderful and maybe even better than how I experience the woods as a Boy Scout at that age. Nature is life-changing, formative, and enriching is so many ways!<br />
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The July/August 2013 issue of <i>The Tennessee Conservationist</i> featured the similar process that David George Haskell experienced in his daily trips to his same spot in the woods. The article by Rosanna O. Salmon is titled <b>"Find the Inspiration to Observe Nature"</b> but is unfortunately not archived on the magazine's website. But David recorded it all in his book <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/067002337X/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=33843675355&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=3814543452426473688&hvpone=9.34&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_34dh4hb5gs_b" target="_blank">The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature.</a></i> It inspired me to start my nature blog called <b><a href="http://www.charliedoggettnaturenotes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nature Notes</a> </b>on which I assume you are reading this. I've never made it a true daily effort, yet I encourage you to see what I have recorded frequently for nearly two years now. This year has focused a lot on my 3-times a week bike ride on two Nashville green-ways, though there are still state park and other trip reports plus my backyard nature which was the major focus last year. Nature is everywhere and just seeing it makes our lives richer!<br />
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I hope you grow richer this week by spending some time in the woods! :-) </div>
Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-70647233003359561162014-07-15T12:23:00.001-05:002014-07-16T21:51:55.635-05:00Greenway Cows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This morning on the Stones River Greenway</div>
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The old farm has been bought by Nashville for a city park</div>
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-28907334460998484512014-06-14T21:56:00.000-05:002014-07-16T21:53:31.520-05:00Passionflower & Queen Anne's Lace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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From my Greenway bike ride today:</div>
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The Official State Wildflower of Tennessee</div>
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I almost missed the Passionflower which was mostly under the leaves along the trail beside Ravenwood. Glad I saw it because it is one of my favorite wildflowers and only blooms for a week or two in early summer or late spring. It is also called Maypops, Passion Vine and Apricot Vine. How wonderful to have a greenway with all these beautiful wildflowers in every season! </div>
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-4353689245223837722014-06-07T23:06:00.000-05:002014-07-16T21:55:06.031-05:00More Flowers on the Greenway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This shot was made the day before I left for Warren, AR trip and late posting. And I haven't looked up their name yet, but will. The visual feast I get riding my bike is just a bonus to the good health and adventure!<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-3728090083771529712014-05-31T16:26:00.002-05:002014-07-16T21:56:08.616-05:00Life-giving Trees!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the best things about McKendree Village is</div>
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-27272031680161146732014-05-29T10:53:00.000-05:002014-07-16T21:45:11.461-05:00Indigo Bunting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
His head is peaking from behind one of the leaves in lower left quadrant. I've seen several Indigo Buntings along the Shelby Bottoms Greenway, always flying. They don't sit around on branches like some birds. And this tiny glimpse is the only photo I have managed so far - though not much. Click to see larger version. Made with my little pocket camera, Canon Powershot. I'll keep looking for a better shot.<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-70355063008437587902014-05-28T14:56:00.000-05:002014-05-28T14:56:51.108-05:00Wildflowers on the GreenwaysAll but three of these photos were made today as I biked along both the Stones River Greenway and the Shelby Bottoms Greenway. They are just one of many reasons I enjoy biking the greenways. Plus today I again saw an Indigo Bunting, just not a very good photo yet of this beautiful bird that doesn't stay still long.<br />
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The first of Spring - <b>Wood Sorrel </b>in front of <b>Redbuds</b></div>
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And sad to announce that they are turning this beautiful spot into a dog park.</div>
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<b>Common Daylily, </b>shot last summer in July</div>
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<b>Wood Sorrel </b>up close</div>
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This could be Smooth or Long Sepal</div>
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<br />Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-37451783379044872772014-05-26T16:31:00.002-05:002014-05-26T16:31:50.785-05:00River Shore Roots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Roots washed up the Cumberland River banks</div>
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-90569110302501317902014-05-25T20:14:00.000-05:002014-05-25T20:14:06.824-05:00Shelby Bottoms GreenwayMy regular routine three days a week is to bike the Stones River Greenway five miles to the Shelby Bottoms Greenway pictured here, three miles to the Nature Center giving me a round trip of 16 miles. Shelby Bottoms is an easier greenway because there are few hills, unlike Stones River with many steep hills. When more ambitious I go downtown making it a 22 or 23 mile trip or to Bicentennial Mall and Farmers' Market for a 28 mile round trip. Shelby Bottoms is mostly level and wooded like in this photo.<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-65315433355878518532014-05-16T21:53:00.001-05:002014-05-17T10:39:33.638-05:00Red Kangaroo Boxing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw two of our Nashville Zoo male Red Kangaroos "Boxing" today.</div>
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Young males do this to establish dominance by knocking the other over.</div>
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The one who eventually is dominant will have the females.</div>
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After a few minutes, they went back to eating grass.</div>
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-62458734096917597982014-05-12T21:36:00.000-05:002014-05-12T21:36:28.501-05:00Clover Overtaking Mustard FlowersMy last two bike trips on the Greenway have been only to the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center, but I have noticed all along the greenway that clover has suddenly appeared and becoming dominant over the yellow flowers of last week. Plus it was fun to find one little patch of Red Clover near the skatepark in Two Rivers Park. Maybe I'll get a photo of them Wednesday when I hope to go all the way to downtown Nashville which gives me 23 miles instead of the 16 ridden today. It is so good to have a nature-filled greenway to bike on!<br />
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Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-67709245411236242672014-05-04T15:30:00.000-05:002014-05-04T15:30:42.135-05:00Nature on my Adventures BlogWednesday morning I rode my bike to Farmers' Market north of downtown Nashville for lunch and then back. On the way there I photographed this huge Pileated Woodpecker, Wild Tom Turkey with tail spread, and some wildflowers. Could have been posted here on <b>Nature Notes</b> just as well. See the photos at:<br />
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My <b>Adventures Blog </b>often includes nature, so consider following it as well as this one.Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-78593972004907732002014-04-29T19:24:00.000-05:002014-04-29T19:24:22.627-05:00Bears - The Movie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q-Pq4kfJhEuUQgnlwAkUcpStrJ3UCSawfM-Jg7TuQYitHt1efnz2oGhkQNxB-ZKH7OsTuCk64qm42wqgRKTqN5RG1EHydaIAMtmLFLLars9tgimTWVvCGa3jRJyzZHWdN3GUBfDFuuMM/s1600/Bears-Movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q-Pq4kfJhEuUQgnlwAkUcpStrJ3UCSawfM-Jg7TuQYitHt1efnz2oGhkQNxB-ZKH7OsTuCk64qm42wqgRKTqN5RG1EHydaIAMtmLFLLars9tgimTWVvCGa3jRJyzZHWdN3GUBfDFuuMM/s1600/Bears-Movie.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a>Saw this delightful Disney Nature film <b><a href="http://nature.disney.com/bears" target="_blank">Bears</a></b> this afternoon and it is so very well done! I recommend it for all nature lovers and both wildlife and landscape photographers for the gorgeous Alaskan landscape shots and intimate and natural animal photography, including a lot of other animals beyond the bear family followed for a year.Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-19714555308252983932014-04-17T21:12:00.002-05:002014-04-17T21:13:16.303-05:00It's Green Now! Spring is Here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Charlie Doggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541042112705510397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182161259394868200.post-32768896690788263352014-04-16T21:33:00.001-05:002014-04-16T21:33:50.580-05:00Violets & Forsythia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spring is in my backyard even if it did freeze last night.</div>
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I biked 10 miles on the Stones River Greenway yesterday and had a ball! Spring is here as shown by this scene in Two Rivers Park along the greenway. I went as far as Shelby Bottoms this trip and just might go all the way to downtown Nashville next time or the time after that. </div>
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