Category: Fauna Vogelmoos
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Butterflies and Bees
Mid July in the Nature Reserve, 20 miles west of Lucerne, Switzerland. It has been a warm summer and on a few days muggy conditions: Ideal for the growth and texture of plants and rich feeding grounds for animals. I spent a few hours in the reserve chasing after butterflies. I spotted a patch of…
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Early Summer at the Pond
Many weeks have gone by since the last post on Vogelmoos Nature Reserve. I had an incredible opportunity to witness spring in the desert of Southern California. I captured these impressions in two previous blogs. The weather usually remains cold and winter-like in April and May in Switzerland, but this year spring came at the…
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Coachella Valley
April 2023 The Coachella Valley is located in the greater area of Palm Springs, CA. It covers approximately 1700 km2. It has an arid landscape of desert quality. In April the temperature may reach 100° F (38° C) but the nights remain cool 60° F (15° C). The sun rises at around 7.20 AM and…
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Spring in Central Switzerland vs Southern California
I have the great luck to spend the second half of April in Southern California. The Southwest of the United States had been suffering from a drought for several years. It was relieved by an abundance of rain, and snow in the mountains this winter. The mountain tops of the Coachella Valley in Southern California…
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Is Spring here?
February started as a beautiful month that promised to drive out winter. Two weeks were unseasonably warm recalling evidence of the changing climate. The snow that had been abundant in January and early February melted quickly and inspired the hope that new plant life was starting to show underneath and animals should return from their…
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Spring in the air
About 5 years ago I learnt that the forest capping a hill 20 km west of my hometown contains a nature reserve of 29.2 acres with two ponds, a reed of 8.2 acreas, a meadow bordered by a hedge and woods of 21 acres.The nature reserve is located 2570 Feet (783 m)above sea level. ,…
Vogelmoos Nature Reserve 