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Author: Robert Mercer

Mulberry is Open for Business

June 14, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

Many animals will visit our yard in the next couple weeks just to sample the delectable fare. Each June, the mulberry tree (Morus alba L.) produces abundant fruit. Early in […]

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Feed Me!!

June 13, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

The movie Finding Nemo got it right when they gave the voice of the young laughing gull an irritating, “ME, ME, ME.” Baby birds, in fact almost any animal that […]

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The Story Some Sounds Will Tell

June 10, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

I awoke to a thump on the roof and a quick series of pattering footsteps. Within seconds, a second thump and pattering. Then a third thump. That provided all the […]

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No Laughing Matter

May 14, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

Earlier this spring, for our daily walk, Eileen and I chose a fishing pier that jutted out into the Atlantic Ocean about two tenths of a mile and stands about […]

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A Spider Visits

May 14, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

Two not so itsy bitsy spiders climbed on our bedroom wall. Generally, this doesn’t bother us at all. We tend to leave these tiny visitors alone as they really do […]

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Something to Crow About

April 13, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

I spy a crow flying overhead, straight and steady, obviously heading to a destination; “as a crow flies.” I attempt an identification and wait for the crow to call. Uh-uh, […]

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One of THE South’s Iconic Trees

February 17, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

Eileen and I love driving through a tunnel of trees and in the coastal plain of the southern states, one can find many locations meeting this description. A large tree […]

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Seeing the Goddess of Love

February 1, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

The other day while coming in during the early evening hours, I spy an abnormally bright star, so bright it just had to be a planet!  Have you noticed it? […]

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Tufted Titmouse

January 19, 2017February 13, 2018 by Robert Mercer - Comment is Closed

Now that I am retired, Eileen and I decided to travel. At the time of this writing in Mid-January we are not far from Charleston, SC. How different! Instead of cold […]

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