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Photo of the Week – May 9, 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

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 →

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A Prickly Confrontation

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

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 →

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Photo of the Week – May 2, 2013

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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 →

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A Dandy Little Predator

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

I took my boys to our family’s prairie today.  I was only intending to stay for a little while, but they were having so much fun building forts in the trees and drawing pictures in the mud, we stayed for several … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

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 →

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Photo of the Week – April 18, 2013

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

I love that my kids enjoy nature.  My two sons, in particular, are really enthusiastic about insects and spiders at the moment.  So enthusiastic, in fact, that every spider in our house gets picked up and presented to me. “Dad! … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

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 →

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Photo of the Week (And Two Milestones) – March 29, 2013

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

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 →

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Busy Burning

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

I apologize for not having a pithy and thought-provoking post this week.  I’m actually working on a couple different ideas, but was interrupted by a couple days of good prescribed fire weather.  We had a long day yesterday and today looks like it’ll … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – February 28, 2013

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Here’s a photo interpretation puzzle for you. Last Saturday, I was hiking through the fresh snow in a small local prairie when I found this interesting print.  Clearly the print was made by a bird, but what kind, and what was it doing?  … Continue reading →

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