Walking Seasonal Roads: Reflections on a Dwelling Place

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163 Index Ackerman, Diane, 11 acorns, 13 adipose tissue, 24 agricultural land, 59, 110. See also farms Ajuga reptans (bugleweed), 79 Aldalia bipunctata (two-spotted ladybug), 118 Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard), 40–41 Allis Road, 46–53, 138 Amelanchier aborea (shadbush), 21 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 93 Amish, 69, 70–72 Angell, Tony, 122 animal shelters, 93. See also wildlife refuges and sanctuaries ants, 50–51 Apiaceae family, 26 Apis mellifera (honey bee), 8, 10–12, 16, 138 apple trees, 34 Apps, Jerry, 116 aquatic invasive species, 55–56 Aquilegia canadensis (columbine), 41, 88 Archer Daniels Midland, 85 Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-thepulpit ), 41 Asarum canadense (wild ginger), 41 ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ), 93 assault, 56–57, 72 automobiles, 1–4, 19 autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), 117 Avoca, NY, 81, 82, 106–7 Avoca Spring Water, 106–7 Babcock Hollow, 12 back-to-the-land movement, 67–70, 112 badgers, 25 barn swallows, 79 barred owls, 64 barren strawberries, 34 Bass, Rick, 15 Bath Hunting Club, 14 Bath Peace and Justice Group, 30 Baughman Road, 113, 117–18 beavers, 119–20 Italic page numbers indicate illustrations. 164 | index bed and breakfasts, 117 Beebe, William, 23 beech-maple forests, 59–60 bees. See honey bee Bees in America (Horn), 12 beet fields, 127 belted kingfishers, 60 Bentley, Roland, 131 Beresford-Kroeger, Diana, 58 bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), 87 Berry, Wendell, 111–12, 115 Bigelow, Doug, 66 Bigelow, Martha, 66 biofuels, 85 birch trees, 43 Birdseye Hollow State Forest, 54, 56, 59 birdsong, seasonal, 21–22, 33, 50, 121 Bishop, Elizabeth, 67 blackberries, 62 black-capped chickadees, 44–45, 125 Black Mountain movement, 30 black racer snakes, 23 black walnuts, 57–58 Blephilia hirsuta (hairy wood mint), 79 bluebirds, 121 blue jays, 12–13, 61 bluestem goldenrod (Solidago caesia), 62 boat-building, 60–61 bobolinks, 31–33, 34, 78–79, 88, 121 “Bobolink” (Burroughs), 32 Bocek Road, 91–95, 138 Bonny Hill Honey Farm, 8, 10 Bonta, Marcia, 23, 57, 67 Book of Bees: How to Keep Them, A (Hubbell), 11 Borland, Hal, 69 Borsodi, Ralph, 68–69 Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Gleick), 104 bottled water, 103–7 Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It (Royte), 103, 104 BP (British Petroleum), 82 bracken ferns, 61–62 Brand, Stewart, 69 breeding habitat, 32 Brink, Helen, 51 British Petroleum (BP), 82 Bromfield, Louis, 115 brown fat, 24 Brox, Jane, 98, 116 Bryant, William Cullen, 31–32 bugleweed (Ajuga reptans), 79 Bully Hill Winery, 76 Burleson Road, 17–27, 138 Burroughs, John, 11, 32, 39–40, 54 butterflies, 62; eastern tailed-blues, 50–51; Milbert’s tortoiseshell, 51; monarch, 22, 51; pearl crescent, 87 Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism , The (Tautz), 12 Canada geese, 120–21 Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), 41 Canisteo River, 20 cardinal flowers, 60 Carrighar, Sally, 13 caterpillars, 50–51 CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), 59 index | 165 cedar waxwings, 132–33 cellar holes, 22, 62–63 cemeteries, 51–52, 88 Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies, 5–6 Cherry Valley Turnpike, 17 Chesapeake Energy, 123 chickadees, black-capped, 44–45, 125 chipmunks, 78, 98–99 chlorinated pyridine herbicides, 55–56 Christmas ferns, 13 circannual clock, 23–24 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 59 Clean Water Act, 83 club mosses, 41, 94–95 Coccinella novemnotata (nine-spotted ladybug), 118 Coffman, Steve, 116 Cohocton Wind Watch, 86 coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), 39, 61 columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), 41, 88 Commodity Credit Corporation, 126 commodity culture, 111–12 common yellowthroat, 50, 63, 88, 121 Conhocton River, 107 conservation. See land conservation Conservation Reserve Program, 126 Conserving Natural Values (Rolston), 101 Constellation Brands, Inc., 76 Cook, Elizabeth, 55 Cook Road, 51–52 Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 115 corn, 85 Cornus foemina ssp racemosa (gray dogwood), 117 country life movement, 69 “Country Roads” (Steuben Courier), 19 Country Year, A (Hubbell), 11 Courier, The (newspaper), 52 Courturier, Lisa, 56 coyotes, 88 Crataegus (hawthorn), 117 Crevecoeur, Hector St. John de, 115 Crooked Lake Review (Treichler), 29–30 crows, 21–22, 122, 133 Crum, George, 48 cuckoos, yellow-billed, 121 cucumber magnolia (Magnolia accuminata ), 117 Culver Creek Road, 8–16, 138 Curtis, Melody, 57 Czarnecki, Michael, 72 dairy farms, 20–21 dance language, 10, 11 dandelions, 11, 133 Darlington, Betsy, 100 “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road” (Wainwright), 66 death, 31 deer, 33, 49, 51...