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Scary Stories 20.10.2021 8:35 ↓

Accounts of eerie encounters in the woods

Sumac 06.10.2021 9:18 ↓

Take a look at three sumacs of North America, and one impostor.

Juniper 15.09.2021 7:16 ↓

CW: mention of a pet's death. In honor of Juniper the cat, we learn about juniper the plant.

Seagulls 01.09.2021 7:14 ↓

There is technically no such thing as a seagull; learn why!

Dog Days Poetry 18.08.2021 7:22 ↓

"The Dog Days of Summer" Audry Heller. "August" Brian Strand. "Surviving August" David J. Walker. "Dog Days of Summer" Marylin Lott. "An August Cricket" Arthur Goodenough. "Late August" Ency Bearis.

Herons, Cranes, Storks 04.08.2021 8:30 ↓

These 3 long legged, long necked birds can be hard to tell apart on first glance.

Lake Sturgeon 21.07.2021 9:04 ↓

Ancient, important, and threatened. These fish are the oldest and largest species in the Great Lakes.

Cattails 07.07.2021 6:45 ↓

Also known as Bulrush, Reeds, Reedmace, Punks, Raupo, or *ahem* Hot Dog Grass.

Eastern Cottontail Rabbits 16.06.2021 9:22 ↓

It's rabbit season! Remember to not touch any baby bunnies you find in your yard.

Hummingbird Poetry 02.06.2021 7:49 ↓

"To a Hummingbird" John Vance Cheney. "The Humming-Bird" Emily Dickinson. "Mr. Hummingbird" Hope Kingsley. "Fly Close, Hummingbird" Jared Eli. "Hummingbird" Ahmad Cox. "Humming-bird" D. H. Lawrence. "Hummingbird" Mark Roper. "The Hummingbird" Hermann Hagedorn.

Vultures 19.05.2021 10:35 ↓

CW: blood, guts, body functions. Vultures, sometimes called Buzzards in North America, are misunderstood sanitation engineers of the sky.

Lilacs 05.05.2021 6:57 ↓

A favorite May flower. "Lilacs" by Helen E. Maring. "Lilacs" by George B. Griffith. "Lilac Bush" by Hilda Conckling. "Lilac Trees" by Larkspur.

Watershed 21.04.2021 10:17 ↓

Not a shed like a building, but shedding lime fur sheds. Look at the ground, and you'll see how we're impacting bodies of water.

Wishing Stars 07.04.2021 7:42 ↓

When you wish upon a star, does the star hear you?

Leprechauns 17.03.2021 11:08 ↓

A little history behind the most well known creature of Ireland.

The Northern Cardinal 03.03.2021 9:25 ↓

A bit about a bright red bird. "Why the Red Bird is Red" from Cherokee tradition.

Lake Effect Snow 17.02.2021 11:19 ↓

You may hear it in the weather forecast, but what exactly is lake effect snow and why does it worry so many people?

Groundhogs 03.02.2021 10:19 ↓

Well, it's Groundhog Day...again. Learn a little bit more about Punxsutawney Phil and the mystetious Inner Circle of the Groundhog Club.

Evergreen Poetry 20.01.2021 7:21 ↓

"The Evergreen Tree" Dane Sprinkle. "Blue Jay and Evergreen Tree" Nicole Corea May. "Evergreen" Evelyn Smith. "Below a Douglas Fir" James Fraser. "Pine Trees" Robert Laurence Binyon. "A Pinecone" Any Ludwig VanDerwater. "Pine Trees and the Sky: Evening" Rupert Brooke.

Sun Dogs 06.01.2021 7:40 ↓

Not uncommon, but still mysterious. Sun Dogs hold a special place in my heart. Poems: "Sun Dogs" by Discoveria. "Sundogs" by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. "The Sundogs" by Phil Ellsworth.

Snowshoes 16.12.2020 7:48 ↓

The oldest form of human powered transportation. "Winter Love Note" by Kendall Grant. "Snowshoeing Through Life" by Frances M. Thompson. "William Making Snowshoes" by Margaret Noodin.

Pine Cones 02.12.2020 9:05 ↓

Conifers have a unique structure that we put in many of our winter decorations.

Antlers 18.11.2020 10:24 ↓

What is on deer's mind, or more specifically his head?

Winter Prep 04.11.2020 10:12 ↓

We go over three winter survival strategies: hibernation, migration, insulation

Haunting Poetry 21.10.2020 11:23 ↓

"From the Haunted Wood" Isaac McLellan. "Beyond the Last Lamp" Thomas Hardy. "The Haunted Oak" Paul Laurence Dunbar. "The Lake of the Dismal Swamp" Thomas Moore. "The Stolen Child" W. B. Yeats. "This Place is Haunted" Richard Jones. ko-fi.com/followfox