Now that we have had several days of hot summer weather, we are seeing the numbers and variety of butterflies increase. There are many little ones like this little Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor). Which likes to lay its eggs on grasses. In the north it favors...
This week we have been planning to put up a new sign placed next to the slough in Herbster to tell people about this beautiful and unusual place. This slough is really also a bog. Leading into Lake Superior, it is a kind of backwater where small streams feed into...
You remember what Lepidoptera are, right? They’re the butterflies and moths that engage us in their beauty and feed most of the baby songbirds of the world with their caterpillars. A few months ago we talked about Spicebushes, Pawpaw trees and Bladder nut trees all...
A little black bear disappeared quickly into the forest next to the trail where I was walking to my garden. Goldilocks would have been distressed, as he wasn’t away from home long enough to visit the bears’ and taste his porridge. Besides, I think he was checking out...
One cold rainy morning recently in northern Wisconsin I was walking along a familiar road and found 2 wet butterflies on the ground. When I returned and identified them, I realized that they were both migrating-type butterflies. One of them, the Monarch, is easily...
When my dog, Poppy, and I started our walk this morning, there were 3 or 4 ravens squawking across the road. We went over to see what the commotion was about, and they flew away. Like a lot of birds, wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) lay their eggs on the ground....
