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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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I have been noticing some galls on some plants as I travel about this fall. Most of what has caught my attention has been on willows and goldenrods. I…
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There is not much green on the landscape this time of year. I have, however, noticed some small trees or large shrubs, often in dense thickets, that are…
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When I was a kid, on Sunday afternoons, either my mom or dad would occasionally say “Let’s go for a drive.” It was often a short drive, but usually…
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Someone recently asked me what might be digging small holes in their yard. The holes are about the size of a dime and taper down at an angle for about an…
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Look at an aerial photograph of most North Dakota rivers and you are likely to see it snake across the landscape in sinuous curves. These are low energy…
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Charles Flugum in his book Birding from a Tractor Seat had this to say about one of our feathered friends. I wonder if you can identify the bird he is…
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I can remember the first time I saw a smooth green snake. It was sunning itself on a rock one morning many years ago on the Samuel H. Ordway Jr. Memorial…
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Have you been noticing the crickets chirping recently? I suspect that most of us enjoy hearing them outdoors during the evening hours. Crickets can be…
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When I drive across the North Dakota landscape I often think back to what the grasslands would have looked like a couple hundred years ago. No farmsteads…
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It must be a good year for thistles. It seems that most everywhere I look there are thistles in bloom. They really can be quite attractive. But of course,…