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North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
January 12, 2018, Page A5, A8
NATURE NOTES
By Annie Reid
Westborough Community Land Trust
Get ready for nature in 2018 with a memory-jogging Nature Notes quiz
Did you hear it? While you were outside after the January 4 snowstorm, did you by any chance hear this sign of spring – a cardinal singing? Some local male cardinals are already tuning up their songs for the upcoming breeding season, which calls for plenty of birdsong. Listen to the cardinal’s song.
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Snow fleas or springtails (order Collembola)
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Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
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American woodcock (Scolopax minor)
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Common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia)
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Vole - meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) or pine or woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum)
Have fun preparing for spring and the rest of the new year by doing our 2017 quiz to refresh your recollection of local wildlife featured in Nature Notes of the past year.
Choose your answers from the drop down lists. Check your answers by clicking the "Show Answers" button. The answer page will contain links to related 2017 “Nature Notes” columns in case you’d like to read them, or any of more than 245 past columns.