“There’s another new one!” Grabbing my camera, I run to the window and fire off a few photos before the bird zips away. “I’ve never seen a bird like that, it was so bright! I can’t wait to enter it into iNaturalist and show the others!” Bioblitz with a […]
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It’s a foggy early-September morning at Minneopa State Park. The dew on the grass glints in the sunlight as the area naturalist, Scott Kudelka, and I slowly approach a monarch butterfly that has landed on a Prairie Blazing Star. Quick as a wink Scott reaches forward with his net, swipes […]
One of the largest state parks in the United States, Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. I traveled to the park in June, and I was blown away by the beautiful landscapes and the abundance of wildlife that are […]