I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art; I warmed my hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready...
Hey folks, If this works the way I hope it does, I will be posting this simultaneously to bristol-birds and butternuts. (By the way Wallace, I sent a message...
Just as the Fox Squirrel continues to extend its local range from the north and west into the mountains of Northeast Tennessee, so does the Coyote. We are...
Hey folks, I don't want to reinvent the wheel, I want to build eighteen wheelers! I invite the birders out there to join Butternut Naturalists, a Yahoo Group ...
Hey folks, I have problems staying focused. If you have difficulties or questions regarding butternut naturalists, feel free to e-mail me at dnldhlt@......
Hey Wallace, that coyote near my home was, if I remember correctly, the spring of 2000, and though my address is Johnson City, I actually live in Central...
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Stan and Mary Ann Ben...
samorchids@...
Feb 1, 2002 9:40 pm
Interested to see that coyotes are only recently being seen in NE Tennessee. You may be aware that many years ago these canines were seen in Burke's Garden in...
Hey, I've just had a couple of requests for info on some items I've recently mentioned, a herpetological tool and a frog call cd. Here's excerpts of my...
Hi Stan: Good to hear from you again. Don't think I forgot that you asked me late last April to take you to see the bed of pink lady's slippers with "white...
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Stan and Mary Ann Ben...
samorchids@...
Feb 2, 2002 4:19 pm
Wallace: I wondered what happened, whether I wrote down the wrong e-mail or something. Yeah, Scotty was quite a character. I first met him at a trail shelter...
Several years ago the Russell County Club joined the Bristol Club for a joint venture in this trip. It will take place Feb. 16th. Members of both clubs will...
Hey folks, Message 58 was a forward I sent to Butternut Naturalists from the Bristol-Birds postings I receive. I thought it might be of general interest,...
For approximately the past 3 - 5 years, coyotes have been reported on Roan Mountain, more often above 4,500 feet. Three years ago a coyote crossed in front of...
highlandlady53 <laughlin@...> wrote: <<Hey Don, you are doing a killer job managing this group! Thanks!>> I'll second that Jennifer! Incidently -- I had...
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Rewhittemo@...
Feb 4, 2002 9:20 pm
Butternuts, I would very much like to see and photograph the Carolina pinks that are purported to grow on the bluffs below Bogart Knob on the Watauga River. Is...
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Allan Trently
atrently@...
Feb 4, 2002 10:52 pm
Great poem. allan ... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: ...
Hey Anne, I live near there. I haven't seen Carolina Pinks there (its kind of hard to get there anyway, new houses, steep terrain, etc.) but I know another...
Don & Anne, Count me in on the forementioned excursion - I'd love to check out the pinks and any other interesting visitors. Wallace & Allan, I sense a deeper...
Hi ya Jennifer: Well, strange that you should ask (maybe) :-) Allan and I are birding friends and I have known for some while that he writes poetry. I...
aaahh, Wallace and butternut friends, I was not aware of Allan's hidden talent - actually, I guess it's not hidden; I'm just behind the times. I do know he...
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Rewhittemo@...
Feb 5, 2002 7:43 pm
Don - Only one garden there - it's Burkes Garden and it's in Tazewell County, Virginia very close to the town of Tazewell - a beautiful area (full of big...
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Rewhittemo@...
Feb 5, 2002 7:50 pm
Don, I'm interested!!!! in a field trip to this area near Austin Springs. Is parking available? Anne W...
Anne, The only parking is pulloffs on the shoulder. Its commonly done there. - Don Holt, Central, Carter Co. TN...
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Allan Trently
atrently@...
Feb 5, 2002 9:55 pm
I loved the poem. I don't write poetry, I write doggerel. allan ... _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s...
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Allan Trently
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Feb 5, 2002 10:02 pm
I am interested. allan The site is not too far from Austin Springs and would make a good ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
"Author's Note: This poem was inspired by the plight of the Attwater's Prairie Chicken in Texas. This bird is very near extinction. This poem, though, is...
Wallace, Thank you for sharing that last piece by Alan. It brought up a melee of contrasting emotions. I was wondering, surely someone as enamored of Nature...
Hey Alan, if you can contact Audrey Hoff, will you invite her to join the group? I don't seem to have any contact information. If you or anyone else thinks...
According to my records, the Carolina Pinks were blooming last year by April 05. Alan, if I remember correctly, you, Larry, Audry and I stopped by the Pink...
Hey folks, On bristol-birds recently Tom Horsch wrote: "Next we visited Steele Creek Park. We observed 2 E. Phoebes, one at Rooster Front Park, the other...
