Leader
for today’s Ramble: Heather Larkin

Authors of today’s Ramble report: Don, Heather, and Linda. Comments, edits, and suggestions
for the report can be sent to Linda at Lchafin@uga.edu.

Insect
identifications: Heather Larkin, Don
Hunter

Link to Don’s Facebook
album for this Ramble. All the photos that
appear in this report, unless otherwise credited, were taken by Don Hunter.
Photos may be enlarged by clicking them with a mouse or by tapping on your
screen.

Number
of Ramblers today:
27

Today’s
emphasis: Seeing the Garden through the eyes of a child, taking pleasure
in the smallest of animals and flowers especially with the aid of magnification.

Heather introducing ramblers to magnifying (5x) containers that allow you to see your captive insect (or flower, rock, toad, etc.) from all sides. These nifty devices are available online by searching “beautyflier 1 small insect magnifier.”

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Leader
for today’s Ramble:
Linda

Authors of today’s
Ramble report: Linda and Don. Comments,
edits, and suggestions for the report can be sent to Linda at Lchafin@uga.edu.

Insect identification: Don Hunter, Dale Hoyt

Fungi identification: Don Hunter

Link to Don’s Facebook album for this Ramble. All the photos that
appear in this report, unless otherwise credited, were taken by Don Hunter.
Photos may be enlarged by clicking them with a mouse or tapping on your screen.

Number of Ramblers
today: 24

Today’s emphasis: What’s happening in the Nash Prairie and
adjacent woodlands in late spring – or is it summer already?

It was a
froggy ramble today, starting with scores of tiny toads hopping along the Shade
Garden paths, and ending with this full grown American Toad spotted by
Catherine on the White Trail.

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 Leader
for today’s Ramble:
Connie Gray

 Author
of today’s Ramble report: Linda

 Fungi identifications: Don

Linkto Don’s Facebook album for this Ramble. All
the photos that appear in this report, unless otherwise credited, were taken by
Don Hunter. Photos may be enlarged by clicking them with a mouse or tapping on
your screen.

Number of Ramblers today: 30

Today’s emphasis:  Native ferns in the Dunson Native Flora Garden

Ramblers checking out Southern Shield Fern in the Shade Garden

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