Status Updates From The Handbook of Nature Study

I’ve never heard daddy long legs be called Grandfather Graybeards

One day I want to see the blue fireflies

The hummingbird moth is truly such a fascinating looking creature. It reminds me of one of those optical illusions where you can see either a hummingbird or a moth depending on how you look at it (like the duck and rabbit photo)

I didn’t realize it was known for this long that cats kill birds in massive numbers and that if possible cats should be kept from killing them

The section on wolves reminds me that it is contested on whether or not there are wolves in PA

Starting the skunk section with a danger assign amuses me

When were toads most common as pets I wonder? I’m assuming they used to be more common as a pet based on how this is written but maybe that’s an unfair assumption

Girlie LOVES the Meadowlark

“A genuine interest should be the basis of the study of the lives of plants and lower animals. Curiosity may elicit facts,but only real interest may mold these facts into wisdom”

I think it’s so incredibly on brand of me that the first thing I want to like actually read in weeks is an almost 900 page handbook about studying nature from 1911