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Spotted Lanternfly
Links to spotted lanternfly information https://youtu.be/f1GHhfY7a4k https://youtu.be/Wumtju2_0JM
Marilyn Fancher
Apr 11, 20181 min read
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Migratory Bird Act
In a nutshell. (Bird shell) "The treaty prohibited the hunting, killing, capturing, possession (this is why we don�??t keep or raise baby...
Marilyn Fancher
Apr 4, 20181 min read
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Pollinators
I know Five Rivers instructors will love this stunning time-lapse and slo-mo footage of pollinators at work. With a brief introduction...
Anna M
May 2, 20141 min read
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Anaplasmosis
One of my friends at Albany Med was just hospitalized for five days for Anaplasmosis, caused by a tick bite. The tick was on for only a...
Marilyn Fancher
Oct 4, 20131 min read
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"New" Tick Virus-Article from Times Union
A Saratoga County resident is recovering from a rare but emerging illness carried by deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease, according to...
Marilyn Fancher
Aug 2, 20133 min read
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Cool Bee video
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/bugs-animals/bees-and-wasps/bees_vs_hornet/ Try this link for a really cool video of a...
Marilyn Fancher
Apr 27, 20131 min read
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How trees communicate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8SORM4dYG8&feature=plcp - a fascinating video about forest communication.
Anna M
Sep 28, 20121 min read
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Colony Collapse Disorder
There is an interesting article on Colony Collapse Disorder in the May issue of  Root Concerns (Volume 6, Number 4) "What’s all the...
Marilyn Fancher
May 11, 20121 min read
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Maple Information Website
Here is a website on maple sugaring that might interest you. http://www.mapleweekend.com
Marilyn Fancher
Mar 16, 20121 min read
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Article About Bees
For an interesting article about bee communication, click on the following http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec11/BeesSignals.html
Marilyn Fancher
Dec 15, 20111 min read
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Useful Web Site
You can find lots of interesting information at nwf.org  the National Wildlife Federation's web site. Under the Wildlife Tab, you can go...
Marilyn
May 24, 20111 min read
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
The brown marmorated stink bug which was first collected in Allentown PA in 1998 (Anne Raver, NY Times April 20, 2011) and came from...
Marilyn
Apr 25, 20111 min read
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Recycle Christmas and Greeting Cards
As some of you know I am invovled in a children's ministry called Operation Christmas Child. If you have no need for your used Christmas...
Terry Pilon
Jan 6, 20111 min read
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New CD
Hello All, In my new CD entitled "The Finicky Frog", I share the wisdom of the animals in 10 modern fables.  On Nov 17th,  I will have a...
Nancy
Nov 1, 20101 min read
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Shell Game
Yep, you can tell it's really fall when the turtles begin to crawl south for the winter. Like on our Monarch search on Saturday, 09/18,...
craig
Sep 29, 20101 min read
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How Did Five Rivers Get Its Name?
Every work day I answer questions asked by visitors to the Center. The same questions get asked frequently, and generally have to do with...
Anita
Sep 21, 20102 min read
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Seven Come Eleven
By now, the legend of Barbara, Five Rivers' imprinted turkey, has grown as far and wide as the old Delmar Zoo itself. To recount for...
craig
Sep 20, 20102 min read
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MONARCH LARVA MONITORING PROGRAM RESULTS 2010
The University of Minnesota Monarch Larva Monitoring Program was stated here at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center in 2004 by...
JOHN L
Sep 17, 20101 min read
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TO THE FLUTTER-BY CYCLE
To see a monarch butterfly. To stop and watch it land on a milkweed plant. To approach and see the wing veins of a female. To stare as...
JOHN L
Sep 16, 20101 min read
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Five Rivers Senior Education
Today I had the pleasure of traveling to the Loudonville Adult Home to do a session on embracing life. The theme for today was Nature,...
Stacey Price
Sep 16, 20101 min read
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