Clouds -  big suckers, with glorious mashed-potato tops and ominous sepia-toned bellies -  trolled like battleships across Bahamian blue skies Wednesday afternoon. Back on earth, Ginny and I were traipsing through a lush hay field, talking about the award-winning nature photographs we were about to collect...

Find yourself a sphagnum-covered bog in Vermont or New Hampshire, and you're likely to find a pitcher plant. Peer a little closer, and you'll find a miniature food web living within each leafy pitcher...

We'll only say that yes, you do know what it is. Maybe this will be the week we'll finally get to keep our book.

Every other week we run a photo of something unusual found in the woods. Guess what it is and you'll be eligible to win a copy of The Outside Story, a paperback collection of our Outside Story newspaper columns. A prize winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The correct answer, and the winner's name, will appear in next week's column. 

Our friend Alfred Balch submitted this picture of a nest he found recently. What kind of bird made it?  

ground and their nests are festooned with light-colored down and body feathers. Wild turkeys have similarly-sized eggs, but their nests aren't lined with down. Look closely and you'll see that some nearby branches had been nibbled on by a beaver, a hint that water is nearby. Females incubate 3-8 large, creamy white eggs (another helpful ID) for about four weeks while the male stands guard.

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