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These warm summer nights are good times to get out and do some star gazing and perhaps learn some new constellations. We are heading toward a new moon on…
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I have heard about someone getting quite excited recently about seeing a scarlet tanager in Turtle Mountain. Scarlet tanagers, as the name implies are…
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The calendar tells us that the season is changing. But for many early cultures the change of seasons and annual cycle was marked by the occurrence of full…
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I have been seeing tracks of snowshoe hares during my outings in the Turtle Mountain forest, although I have yet to see one. It might surprise you, but…
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It has been a long winter, and my thoughts are turning to spring. But I have been doing more reading this winter including rereading portions of Sigurd…
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I had the good fortune recently to get a good look at eight moose, most with antlers! They were strolling through a harvested small grain field west of…
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Coming down Minot’s north hill recently, I was again struck by the immensity of the Souris River Valley compared to the relatively small flowage of the…
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The comings and goings at our bird feeders has been rather routine this winter. We are getting the usual chickadees, white-breasted nuthatches, pine…
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The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up February 12-15. As some of you may know it is an effort between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology National Audubon…
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Clear summer nights are great for looking up at the heavens. But there is something about clear winter nights that makes the night sky even more awe…
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It never ceases to amaze me how quiet the prairie, woods, and marshes can be during the dead of winter here in North Dakota. Oh, there are the occasional…
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If I had one wish, it would probably be time travel. And one of the first places I would go would be the Great Plains of North America before European…