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Sarah Courchesne

Sarah Courchesne is an assistant professor of natural sciences at Northern Essex Community College. She grew up in Amesbury, studied English literature at UMass Amherst and earned her veterinary degree at Tufts University. She writes, gardens and lives in East Kingston, N.H., with her husband and two sons.

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Home & Garden
The Backyard Naturalist – BEHOLD!

I keep many houseplants, but I do not always keep them well, or long. As I write this, the remains of a jade plant sit beside me.

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The Backyard Naturalist – Signs of Life in Winter

The cold months mete out sensory deprivation, but the laws of conservation of matter cannot be disobeyed, and insects have to go somewhere…

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The Backyard Naturalist – Hunting Season

Prof. Sarah Courchesne is not a hunter, but she does stay informed about what is permissible to shoot during hunting season, and what is not.

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The Backyard Naturalist – Wild Turkeys

Wild turkeys, which used to be a rare and exotic sight, have experienced an unexpected rapid population expansion throughout New England.

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The Backyard Naturalist – The Pollinator Problem

A pollinator is any animal that carries pollen between flowers, thereby fertilizing the plant so it can produce fruits and more plants.

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Education
The Gulls of Appledore

On the Isles of Shoals, students and researchers track sea gulls, and discover what gulls teach us about ourselves.

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The Backyard Naturalist – Vultures

I met a vulture named Violet a few years ago. She’s a captive bird, acclimated to humans, living at a nature education center.

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The Backyard Naturalist – Down in the Dark

Hidden beneath the soil surface, plants busily prepare for the spring emergence.

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The Backyard Naturalist – Frozen Frogs

Prof. Sarah Courchesne accidentally ended up with some frozen frogs in her yard, but that’s surprisingly common in these parts.

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The Backyard Naturalist – At Home With the Mice

Mice have always know how to handle things like pandemics. Maybe we should look to their inherent behavior for guidance as we navigate winter?

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The Backyard Naturalist – There Be Dragons

The travels of dragonflies are far less widely known compared to those of hawks, or monarch butterflies, but no less remarkable.

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The Backyard Naturalist – A View From the Treehouse

Sarah Courchesne regards the natural world from the lofty perch of an open-air treehouse and lets the surrounding wildlife come over for a visit.

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