TRR photo by Ed Wesely From early June, yellow and black tiger swallowtails have been the most common butterflies in this region. They are large, strong fliers that visit flowers and also cluster at wet areas to imbibe essential minerals.

It’s summer. At the summer solstice on 6:46 a.m., the sun reached the tropic of the Cancer at 21.5 degrees north latitude, the highest point it attains on our globe before turning south.

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Photographer to lead tour of Bashakill by canoe

MAMAKATING, NY—Nature photographer Scott Graber will lead a trip through the Bashakill wetlands for canoe and kayak paddlers on Saturday, June 25.

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Edible and medicinal plant tour and discussion

MILANVILLE, PA—Take an educational stroll through Damascus Forest, on McCubbin’s Road in Milanville, with Nathaniel Whitmore on Sunday, June 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Learn not only about the edible and medicinal qualities of plants but also which plants are native and which were introduced from areas around the world and the impact of alien plants and native plant conservation.

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