Flower Hill Farm Retreat https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com B&B, Retreat, Vacation Rental Flower Hill Farm in Williamsburg MA Western Mass 20 minutes outside of Northampton MA 413-268-7481 Sat, 17 May 2014 15:01:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 Waiting with Wildlife for Spring’s Return https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:21:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/ We are all patiently waiting for spring to arrive here in Western Massachusetts.  Flower Hill Farm has no buds a bloom in the trees or scattered about the snow covered grounds, and though I may be a bit weary of this winter, I can see signs of spring in the arrival and behavior of some […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/feed/ 2 5219 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:25:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/ Todays segment of ‘Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012’ features the boldly flecked Fritillaries. It seems the only Fritillary that flies about our gardens these days is the Greater Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele. Early on, I mistakenly identified these butterflies as Aphrodite Fritillary, but the eminent Lepidopterist Randy Emmitt pointed out that the large beige […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/feed/ 0 132 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries-2/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:25:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries-2/ Todays segment of ‘Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012’ features the boldly flecked Fritillaries. It seems the only Fritillary that flies about our gardens these days is the Greater Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele. Early on, I mistakenly identified these butterflies as Aphrodite Fritillary, but the eminent Lepidopterist Randy Emmitt pointed out that the large beige […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries-2/feed/ 0 5308 Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Favorite Skippers https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-skippers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-skippers https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-skippers/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:05:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-skippers/ Skippers are feisty little butterflies of the Skippers Hesperiidae Family.  Flower Hill Farm has residents from both the Subfamily: Grass Skippers and Spread-wing Skippers.  I truly cannot be certain of these tiny creatures but guess this one to be a Black Dash. I am hoping for help from others and then will add the facts […]

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