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    Through a Naturalist's Eyes: Exploring the Nature of New England

    by Michael J. Caduto, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol (Illustrator)

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    • ISBN-13: 9781611689891
    • Publisher: University Press of New England
    • Publication date: 10/04/2016
    • Pages: 240
    • Sales rank: 270,508
    • Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

    MICHAEL J. CADUTO, the author of twenty books, is an internationally recognized leader in natural history, environmental education, and cultural diversity. ADELAIDE MURPHY TYROL is a fine artist, a natural history illustrator, and a large format commercial painter.

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Prologue: Chipmunk CPR
    ANIMALS
    Mouse or Mole, Shrew or Vole?
    Catamount: The Game Is Afoot
    The Swifts of Summer
    That’s the Nature of Coyotes, Deer
    Endearing, Enterprising: The Eastern Chipmunk
    Woodcocks in Mudtime
    PLANTS
    Blooming Heat: Skunk Cabbage Turned On by Pollination
    Beyond the Pussy Willow: Early Spring Wildflowers
    Explosive Seeds and Spores
    Ghostly Parasite: Indian Pipe
    Green Defenses: How Plants Fight Back
    WINTER
    A Burst of Boreal Birds
    Cold Comfort for Trees
    Snug as a Snow Bug
    A Muskrat Winter
    Biding Time: Winter Seeds and Buds
    How Birds of a Feather Survive Winter Nights
    HABITATS
    The Great Pond Adventure
    Breathing New Life into Old Fields
    Remarkable Riparians
    For Peat’s Sake
    The Pond in Winter
    WATER AND WETLANDS
    The Comeback Canary: Our Common Loon
    Dragonflies and Damselflies: Alpha Navigators, Bio-indicators
    Eels on a Slippery Slope
    Minute Mussel Makes Big Splash
    Spring Peepers, Winter Sleepers
    INTERRELATIONSHIPS
    Saplappers and Bugnappers: The Keystone Sapsuckers
    Pine on the Cob
    Nature’s Own Herbicides
    Of Cuckoos and Caterpillars
    Big, Bold, and Rusty: Invasive Crayfish Has Claws
    PATTERNS AND PERCEPTIONS
    April Fools: Nature’s Myths and Misbeliefs
    Stellar among the Stars: Circumpolar Constellations
    Nature’s Secret Codes: Fascinating Fibonaccis
    How Much Wool Would a Woolly Bear, Bear?
    Phenomenal Phenology
    HARVESTS AND HUNTS
    Eat Your Weedies: Stalking the Backyard Buffet
    Hunting with the Abenaki: Indigenous Wildlife Management
    Scrumptious Seaweeds: Gastronomic Delights of the Thallophytes
    Herps in the Garden: Snakes and Toads Provide Pest Control
    Wild Nuts: Autumn Bounty, Holiday Treat
    OUT OF BALANCE
    Whither Fall Foliage in an Age of Climate Change
    Heavy Metal Blues
    Fang versus Fungus
    Nesting Northward: Birds on the Move
    Teenage Mutant Frogs
    Sugar Maples: Not Sweet on Climate Change
    STEWARDSHIP
    The Beetle and the Paparazzi
    Right of Passage for Migratory Fish
    Days of the Living Un-Dammed
    New Day for Nighthawks?
    When Nature Comes Knocking

    What People are Saying About This

    Paul Rezendes

    “Rich with fascinating details. . . . No matter what you may think you know, this book offers something new to discover about the natural world around us.”

    Willem Lange

    “Michael Caduto, one of the most perceptive observers of New England’s natural world, writes with authority and affection for his subject. With Through a Naturalist’s Eyes, he’s outdone himself. Not only is he describing what’s constantly going on around us, but he makes it a personal experience, and we find ourselves saying, ‘Yes! I’ve seen that! So that’s what it is!’”

    Lisa Purcell

    “Michael Caduto’s well-researched, engaging essays are a combination of personal narrative, natural history, and bits of conversations—like a naturalist’s dinner party with a roomful of ecologists, biologists, and storytellers.”

    Bill McKibben

    “For all of us who love the forests, hills, and marshes of New England, this is much more than a guide book—it’s an invitation to explore, and a key to making sense of what we notice. Many thanks to Michael Caduto for opening my eyes again!”

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    For native and visitor alike, the New England landscape has a rich allure. This grand sweep of land is a living tapestry woven of interconnected bioregions and natural communities whose compositions of plants and animals have evolved over time.

    In more than fifty essays, Michael J. Caduto brings readers into the complex stories to be found in nature. Drawing on first-hand experiences and reflections on the relationship between the natural world and humans, Caduto explores some of the plants, animals, natural places, and environmental issues of New England—from dragonflies, cuckoos, and chipmunks to circumpolar constellations and climate change. Stunning illustrations by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol illuminate these elegant and humorous essays.

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    From the Publisher

    “Looking through a naturalist’s eyes is all the richer when those eyes are Caduto’s. . . . Natural history will always be a rich opportunity for discovery. Through a Naturalist’s Eyes celebrates why it is also such fun.”

    —Portland Press Herald

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