Margaret Morse Nice

Margaret Morse Nice

A Close Bond with Nature And it’s the anniversary of the death of the ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice, who died on this day in 1974.   Nice developed a close bond with nature, especially birds; it was deepened with her hobby of gardening and frequent walks.   In 1939 nice wrote these words in the…

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June 26, 2019 Moving a Bumblebee Nest, Charles Newbold, Charles Christopher Perry, The Rolling Stones, Margaret Morse Nice, Annette Wynne, Diana Wells, Planting Sunflower Seeds, and San Francisco Gardener John McLaren

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Have you ever needed to move a bumblebee nest? We discovered a nest under the basketball hoop on the driveway when the guys came to seal coat. To move it, I waited until dusk. Then I grabbed a terra cotta pot that was a little bigger than the nest… and my pizza peel from the…

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