When walking through the woods the silence is often pierced by the rapid chatter of a red squirrel as I intrude upon its territory. But…
Muskrats and beavers are similar in many ways which is surprising since they aren’t even close relatives. Muskrats are more closely related to voles and…
Last weekend, the chickadees and nuthatches finally found the two bird feeders I filled several weeks ago. For birds, finding a full feeder is like…
Wandering through the woods, I found a tree with claw marks scratched in the bark at eye-level and black hair stuck to once oozing sap.…
I catch a slight movement out of the corner of my eye and stop to scan the brushy slope. After a few seconds I spy…
Often I catch myself using the terms antler and horn interchangeably, such as “I’m going horn hunting”, even though I know they are different. One…
As the light fades over the alfalfa field, the nighttime serenade begins with a long call, then a tremolo of howling. With all the howling…
Grazing in fields in early morning, seeking shelter in the woods during mid-day, browsing in city parks in the evening and crossing highways at night,…
After spotting a bear in the basin below Goat Mountain on the State Line, I pulled out my binoculars to take a closer look. Even…
To soar like an eagle, hover like a hummingbird or dart through the trees like a chickadee would be incredible. In the past one hundred…
When stumbling upon a shed antler, figuring out who left it behind is usually easy. Moose have large, palmate antlers with numerous tines. White-tailed deer…
The narrow ledges protruding from the sheer cliff caught enough snow to create a patchwork of white snow and dark rock that looked void of…
