From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog : The Walking Adventures of a Naturalist

by John K. Terres; Charles L. Ripper; Peter S. White

• ISBN13: 9780807844267
• ISBN10: 0807844268
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog, originally published in 1969, presents the fruits of a scientific as well as affectionate association between a dedicated naturalist and the birds, mammals, and insects of a small, wild world. John Terres, noted author and former editor-in-chief of Audubon magazine, spent nine years exploring the Mason Farm Biological Reserve in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His observations of the animal and plant life around him are eloquently recorded here, organized around the cycle of a year from January through December. In an afterword written for this edition, Terres reflects on his return to the Mason Farm after twenty-five years and the changes that have taken place there.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
New Introduction
Author's Note
Story of an Old Farm: January	p. 3
Trail of the Little Gray Ghost: In February: Before Spring	p. 21
How a Vulture Finds Its Prey: The Barred Owls of Big Oak Woods	p. 41
Cottontail: The Winds of April	p. 55
The Red-Tailed Hawks of Boothe Hill: Water for a Cotton Gin	p. 77
The Tenants of Muskrat Pond: The June Road	p. 99
Search for the Golden Mouse: The Travelway from the Swamp	p. 121
The Raccoons of Morgan Creek: Insect Summer	p. 137
The Lone Field Covey: Restless Autumn	p. 165
Flying Squirrels: Phantoms of the Night: The Webs of November	p. 187
The Black Gobbler of Willow Oak Swamp	p. 209
Afterword	p. 229
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