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- Photo of the Week – May 16, 2013
- Join Us For The Platte River Prairies Field Day: July 12, 2013
- Keeping a Low Profile in the Spring
- Photo of the Week – May 9, 2013
- A Prickly Confrontation
- Photo of the Week – May 2, 2013
- Capturing Post-Wildfire Recovery Through Timelapse Photography
- A Dandy Little Predator
- A Prairie Ecologist’s Perspective on Arbor Day
- Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013
- Tuning Into Fire Frequency
- Photo of the Week – April 18, 2013
- The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near You (If You’re Near Columbia, Missouri)
- A Weekend Walk in the Woods
- Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013
- An Ill Wind…
- Is Poison Hemlock Repelled By Plant Diversity? Early Results Say Yes
- Photo of the Week – April 5, 2013
- Why A Warming Climate Is Making This Spring So Cold (… and Last Spring So Warm)
- An Exciting New Discovery – Unless You’re a Bug
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Photo of the Week – May 9, 2013
I ran across this beautiful garter snake in our Platte River Prairies yesterday. Interestingly, it was almost exactly a year ago that I photographed a mating ball of red-sided garter snakes just a 1/2 mile from where I found this … Continue reading
A Prickly Confrontation
While we were setting up timelapse cameras at the Niobrara Valley Preserve a couple weeks ago, I had an encounter with a creature I’d never seen up close before. It was evening, and Jeff Dale was driving us down toward … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – May 2, 2013
As I wrote in an earlier post, my boys and I were at our family prairie last weekend. Only three flower species were blooming. One of those was ground plum (Astragalus crassicarpus, aka buffalo pea), and I took several photos … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013
I made a quick trip up to our Niobrara Valley Preserve this week to help set up time lapse cameras that will help document recovery from last year’s massive wildfires. More on that next week… The weather followed the same … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged erosion, fire, niobrara valley preserve, photo, photography, recovery, snow, wildfire
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Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013
Sometimes, you can see a lot by just sitting down. I carved out some time in the field last Friday to collect data on poison hemlock in our research plots. After finishing that, I had about half an hour before I needed to head … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – April 5, 2013
A few shorebirds are starting to show up along the Platte River. The first to come each spring are usually the ubiquitous and noisy killdeer, followed by the taller and more reserved yellowlegs. As the season progresses, we’ll see a great … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Animals
Tagged feeding, flexible bill, image, migration, nature photography, photo, platte river, sandpiper, shorebird, tracks, wading bird
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Photo of the Week (And Two Milestones) – March 29, 2013
Continuing with the theme of the week (at least for me) here’s yet another prescribed burn photo. We ended up burning three days in a row this week, making the week both productive and exhausting! However, just getting three consecutive days … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management
Tagged blog, controlled burn, grassland, great plains, image, nebraska, photo, photography, platte river, prairie, prescribed fire
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Photo of the Week – December 13, 2012
From a camping trip with my sons earlier this fall: I call this photo, “Hey Dad - can we use dried cow manure for campfire fuel?” . I call this second photo, “Hey Dad – take a picture of the sparks when … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged campfire, camping, evening, night sky, outdoor photography, photo, photography
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