Marcia Bonta

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“The lives and thoughts of American women field naturalists as researched and presented by Marcia Myers Bonta make a raadable and thought-provoking book. The book includes 18th-century "pioneers," early "naturalists" such as {{w|Mary Treat}}, an experimenter with {{w|carnivorous plant}}s and a correspondent of Darwin's, and botanists, entomologists, {{w|Ornithology|ornithologist}}s, and ecologists up to Rachel Carson in the 20th century.”

“Young raccoons usually spend the winter in a communal nest with their mother and sometimes other raccoons, as many as twenty-three, in a state of semihibernation, once they have built up a layer of fat to sustain themselves during winter food shortages. Those dens are most often in hollow trees but can also be under tree roots, in rocky crevices, or in remodeled {{w|Groundhog|woodchuck}}, {{w|opossum}}, fox or skunk dens.”

“{{w|Fisher (animal)|Fisher}}s are most famous for their {{w|porcupine}}-killing prowess. Because they are quick on their feet, they attack porcupines head on, circling and lunging at the creatures and biting their faces until they exhaust and hurt them. Then they flip them on their backs and eat their quill-less throats and bellies.”

“{{w|John Bachman|Bachman}}'s two specialties were {{w|mammal}}s and birds, but during a trip he took north with {{w|Maria Martin|Maria}} and his sister Eva in 1823, he also collected plants. That may have been when Maria first discovered that she preferred botany too, since she preserved the specimens he "pulled up." Bachman also instilled in Maria his own habit of referring to plants by their scientific names.”