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Tag Archives: climate change

Ripples 1/6/22

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Jim KnickelbineJanuary 7, 2022

Ripples from the Dunes, by Kennedy Zittle, Assistant Naturalist Recently there has been a new visitor to the bird feeders outside of my office window. Though I appreciate the daily visits from the same birds – chickadees, house finches, cardinals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds | Tagged churr, climate change, excavate, Habitat, north, Red-bellied woodpecker

Ripples 12/23/21

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Nancy NabakDecember 23, 2021

Ripples from the Dunes by Nancy Nabak, Communication Coordinator When the white stuff falls, I don’t  go south. Instead, I don my boots, snow pants, and coat and pride myself in being one of the first to make a snow … Continue reading →

Posted in winter | Tagged climate change, insulation, loss, range change, snow, subnivium

Ripples 1/2/20

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Jim KnickelbineJanuary 10, 2020

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 tradition on Christmas Day to do what was know as … Continue reading →

Posted in birding | Tagged Christmas, climate change, count, migration, National Audubon Society

Ripples 12/6/18

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Jim KnickelbineDecember 26, 2018

People are very good at doing things- when we put our minds to it, we are able to accomplish remarkable tasks, both good and bad.  Sometimes I think that we are better at doing than understanding.  Recently I saw a story … Continue reading →

Posted in Insects | Tagged climate change, decline, ecology, pesticide, trouble

Ripples 3/16/17

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Jim KnickelbineMarch 20, 2017

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the City of Manitowoc for having planted flowering crabapple trees on the median strip of Waldo Boulevard near the Little Manitowoc River years ago.  I usually drive that street on my way … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds | Tagged climate change, earth worms, migration, spring
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