Last Saturday was the annual Midwest Sandhill Crane Count, held each year the third Saturday of April. I’ve been doing these counts for more than 25 years, and they always […]
Ripples 12/10/20
Written by Charles Sontag, Woodland Dunes Board Member EARLY WINTER VISITOR FROM THE ARCTIC (NORTH POLE?) A rare visitor from the Arctic and Atlantic Coast has graced our containment […]
Ripples 11/5/20
Location is one of the first things to consider when setting up a bird feeder. A shepherd’s hook or a post driven into the ground works well for hanging multiple […]
1/16/20 Ripples
This morning, despite wind and 13 degree temperatures, an optimistic house finch sang his courtship song. Yesterday, out on the prairie on Woodland Drive, a rough-legged hawk sat perched in […]
Ripples 1/2/20
Each year for the past 120 years birdwatchers around North America have gone out around this time to count what birds live here in the winter. Previously there was a […]
Ripples 1/3/19
Another interesting winter seems to be upon us. The cold came on suddenly but without snow. December seemed to put a fitting cap on perhaps the wettest year on record […]
