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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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We have some chipmunks around our yard that are providing us with some great entertainment. They have been busy scurrying around, often cleaning up…
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Many of you probably heard the news about the wildfires in the badlands earlier this spring. Areas around Medora, the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt…
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Perhaps like me you have heard those sounds from overhead during the spring and fall bird migrations and looked skyward to see what was causing it. But…
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Every day is a great day for getting out and enjoying a little “Natural North Dakota.” But this time of the year is a real treat. The birds are active and… -
I trust you are enjoying the song of the American robin this spring! It has been a long winter, and hearing their song makes spring official and gives us…
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My wife and I were recently discussing the Covid-19 pandemic, and the subject of bats came up. “What eats bats” she asked. Not much, I speculated. So I…
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We are coming upon spring cleaning time if it has not started already. It is time to do some outdoor yard work and the like. But when it comes to clearing…
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The sharp-tailed grouse have put on their dancing shoes! The males, that is. As dawn breaks across the grasslands over much of North Dakota from roughly…
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Some of you may have heard the news recently about the seventy-year-old albatross that hatched another chick. It got me thinking about the life span of…
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April is just about here, so that old saying “April showers bring May flowers” might come to mind. But we do not have to wait until May. The earliest of…
