Category: Natural History
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Raising Raptors
I spent all day yesterday observing three raptor nests hoping to film the adults feeding their young. The spotting scope and phone set-up provided some great footage of these raptors raising their young. Read more…
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Even More Babies
Apparently, I shared about our spring baby encounters too soon! Over the past few days, we’ve had a number of other adorable baby encounters. Read more…
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Baby Season
Mike and I had a goal this spring (aka baby season): to witness a bison calf birth. Though we didn’t get that chance, we did witness a few other amazing springtime happenings! Read more…
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Walks with a Naturalist
My books arrived in the mail today! I can’t quite describe how exciting it feels to hold a book that I have written in my own two hands. Read about how this all came about as well as one of the stories from the first book. Read more…
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Backpacking Glorians
Mike and I took a short backpacking trip through the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone last week. We encountered beautiful wildflowers, a soundscape of birdsong, a curious badger in the vast landscape of our wild home. Read more…
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A Weekend Ramble in the Park
Melissa and I ventured into the park this past weekend to enjoy a break in the weather. Portions of the road system to the interior of the park opened on Friday afternoon so we took advantage of that and traveled south for the day where we were lucky to observe this huge male grizzly. Read more…
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It Must Be Spring (?)
Spring is happening here in Yellowstone in spite of the winter storm warning today. These last two weeks I have been out in the park observing the changes as many species return and new life begins. Read more…
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A Birdy Year
We have enjoyed learning about our bird neighbors this past year. While many park visitors don’t pay much attention to the feathered wildlife of Yellowstone, we find them to be fascinating and want to learn more about how they live on this landscape we now call home. Read more…
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First Grizzly!
I really enjoy observing grizzly bears and seeing my first one of this season was very special. Read more…
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Duck, Duck, Goose
Though we have plenty of wildlife to watch near home, we miss the large flocks of winter waterfowl back in NC. To remedy that, we headed to a couple of locations in the prairie pothole region of central Montana to observe migrating birds. Read more…
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