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Tag Archives: reptile
Photo of the Week – November 1, 2012
On Wednesday, our staff was out enjoying some beautiful fall weather and harvesting the last of our prairie seeds for the season. Walking along a gravel lane, we found a small snake basking in the sun. I didn’t recognize it, … Continue reading
It’s Spring for Snakes
The temperature topped 80 degrees F today in the Platte River Prairies. I heard a frog plop into the water as I walked along a wetland edge. Red-winged blackbirds were defending territories. …and apparently red-sided garter snakes were feeling the spring … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged grassland, mating ball, nebraska, platte river, prairie, red-sided garter snake, reptile, spring
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Photo of the Week – March 2, 2012
Meet Henry. Henry is a very small softshell turtle that spent a few days at our house in late August, 2010. I’m not sure what Henry thought of the ordeal, but our family sure enjoyed having him. He even went … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged henry, nature photography, nebraska, platte river, reptile, spiny softshell turtle
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Photo of the Week – October 14, 2011
Back in June of this year, I went up to The Nature Conservancy’s Broken Kettle Grasslands in northwest Iowa for a meeting on prescribed fire. As we were starting a field tour, a group of us was walking from the parking … Continue reading
An Unexpected Traveler
My sons and I were at our family’s prairie and farm this weekend. At one point, we noticed that the cattle seemed agitated and were making a lot of noise and milling around. We walked up to see what was … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged cattle, cow, pasture, pond, prairie, reptile, snapping turtle
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Photo of the Week – May 27, 2011
Ring-necked snakes are small and slender snakes that are fairly common throughout many habitats – but not often seen. This one squirted out from beneath a cedar tree I was cutting down last weekend. Ring-necked snakes are nocturnal snakes that … Continue reading
