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The thick, muggy air is stifling, but the sound of cold running water brings soothing thoughts of an oasis as I inch along a wooded stream corridor. I’m looking for the invasive species garlic mustard, honeysuckle, Japanese hedge parsley and poison hemlock hidden among the thick carpet of native spring flora. “What the heck is this?” I ask myself. “It looks like bird wing emerging from the ground.” I move closer, and realize it’s an Eastern wild turkey wing sticking up in the

The autumn full moon hangs low in the western horizon. Moon beams of light are pouring over the ridge creating long, distorted, eerie shadows as it intersects with the large oak trees scattered across the hillside. Soon, the moon will sink from view as the sun rises in the east, creating a brief “magic time” when night life and day life intercept. I catch movement on the valley floor, and it’s heading fast in the direction of the oak-dotted hillside. In the soft moonlight, I