Tag: Dryad’s Saddle
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Dryad’s Saddle and Baltimore Oriole: Right on Time
Leonard Weber April 30, 2025 It happens at approximately the same time every year. One appears on the surface of dead trees and logs, and one flies in from Central America. As April turns into May, there are many species making their first annual appearance in Detroit’s Eliza Howell Park. Two of these are Dryad’s Saddle…
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April Highlights: Flowers, Toads, Butterflies, Mushrooms, and more
Leonard Weber April 13, 2025 Repeated visits to the same natural area over the years, season after season, allows one to know what to expect when. Based on past experience, here is a list of several spring events that nature walkers in Eliza Howell Park will have an opportunity to observe in the remainder of…
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Dryad’s Saddle: A Mushroom Accompanying Spring Wildflowers
Leonard Weber April 17, 2023 Though the exact dates vary, the spring woodland wildflowers appear in their fascinating variety every year in Eliza Howell Park in late April and/or early May. And every year, as wildflower admirers walk the woodland path admiring the Trout Lilies and the Spring Beauties, we inevitably note another equally reliable…
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