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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…
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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…