Minnesota’s elusive pine martens are on the hunt in snowy woods
Sweet-faced and inquisitive, northern Minnesota’s pine martens (also known as American martens) rank among the state’s more ...
Making a nest a home
It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...
Berkshire Eagle4d
Pileated woodpecker visits dead pines purposely left to draw feathered visitors
The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...
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Speaking of Nature: A rare visit from our largest woodpecker: At long last, a Pileated Woodpecker came to explore my dead pines
I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after ...