{"id":4997,"date":"2017-11-10T09:50:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:05:36","slug":"maine-woods-quiet-autumn-joys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2017\/11\/10\/maine-woods-quiet-autumn-joys\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Woods\u2019 Quiet Autumn Joys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Autumn Meadowhawk<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a particularly warm October day.\u00a0 <\/span>The sun is shining through the tops of the trees, through the red and yellow leaves still left.\u00a0 <\/span>As you approach a clearing, two red dragonflies fly through the air, dancing in the gentle breeze.\u00a0 <\/span>One lands, sunning itself on a rock.\u00a0 <\/span>Adult Autumn Meadowhawks (Sympetrum Vicinum) fly from late July to early November, flying later than any other species of dragonfly or damselfly.\u00a0 <\/span>They feed on mosquitos, providing a useful service as natural pest control.\u00a0 <\/span>The red dragonfly ascends, taking flight with another of its kind.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Sitting at the edge of a stream, you discover a large, green frog swimming and jumping in the cool water.\u00a0 <\/span>The American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) spends the winter underwater in the bottom of a pond or stream and has a lifespan of about seven to 10 years.\u00a0 <\/span>In order to survive the freezing winter temperatures, American Bullfrogs\u2019 organs store extra glucose leading up to hibernation.\u00a0 <\/span>They spend the winter in the water and can even survive being completely frozen.\u00a0 <\/span>This bullfrog jumps up out of the water, showing off, as it prepares to lay low during the following months.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Evening comes and the sun begins to set.\u00a0 <\/span>The North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) is out to play.\u00a0 <\/span>These semi-aquatic mammals are highly mobile and mostly nocturnal in the spring, summer and autumn seasons.\u00a0 <\/span>They are found in a diverse number of habitats, in coastal areas as well as inland.\u00a0 <\/span>They are spread across the United States, but are extremely sensitive to the effects of pollution.\u00a0 <\/span>A lone otter swims in the small pond, occasionally diving below the surface.\u00a0 <\/span>It gracefully resurfaces, but notices the presence of others.\u00a0 <\/span>It swims to the side of the pond and walks up onto the bank, disappearing into some reeds.\u00a0 <\/span>North American River Otters are active all year: they do not hibernate in the winter.\u00a0 <\/span>The otter makes a burrow near its water source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 It\u2019s a particularly warm October day.\u00a0 The sun is shining through the tops of the trees, through the red and yellow leaves still left.\u00a0 As you approach a clearing, two red dragonflies fly through the air, dancing in the gentle breeze.\u00a0 One lands, sunning itself on a rock.\u00a0 Adult Autumn Meadowhawks (Sympetrum Vicinum) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8777,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions\/8777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}