Welcome back to HabiChat!
Stay warm out there, Habichatters! Winter will pass soon!
In the meantime, enjoy the selection of cold weather reading we’ve assembled for you. First, Sarah has written a Native Animal Profile on the cold-weather loving bugs that live in Maryland, and why even the silence of winter is actually a time of lively transformation. And with Valentine’s Day around the corner, what could be more apropos than a dive into love in the wild? Then, we turn our gaze to the return of spring, with a Native Plant Profile by Katy about the ever-serviceable serviceberry and its serene spring bearing. Finally we resolve to renew our efforts in conservation with an article on manageable environmental goals!
Eastern Newt. Photo by Marta Fiscus.
In This Issue:
Native Animal Profile: Cold Weather Loving Bugs
A walk outside in the winter months always feels strikingly different from the summer, not just in the temperatures and the way the natural world looks, but in the way it sounds too. Other than the swish of your winter coat, the occasional bird chirp, and the crunch of dry leaves or freshly fallen snow, winter in Maryland can be a pretty quiet environment.
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Love in the Maryland Wild
Now that many winter holiday celebrations have come and gone, the next on the horizon is Valentine’s Day. Since this is a holiday rife with confusing human history and a variety of social traditions, let’s turn to the animals for some Valentine’s Day wisdom and explore some of the amazing relationships found within Maryland’s wildlife communities.
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Native Plant Profile: Serviceberry
When spring approaches, one of the first vivid colors to pierce our sleepy winter eyes is often the stark magenta of Eastern Redbud. One may be forgiven, then, in overlooking the explosion of white blooms that appear at the same time, though they signal the awakening of a similarly important species: the versatile serviceberry!
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Refresh, Renew, Revitalize: Brushing Off the Cobwebs and Rolling Up Our Sleeves
As spring approaches, animals stir in their winter dens, and we as humans tend to throw open our windows to the returning sun. What a time for shaking off the dust of winter! And what a time to stretch our stiff limbs to new life- to refresh, renew, and revitalize!
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