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432 - The Making of a Master Naturalist
Jun 25, 2026
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431 - Preserving the Legacy of Black Ash
Jun 18, 2026
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430 - Summer Blooms with Lois Nestel
Jun 11, 2026
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429 - Fossil Explorations
Jun 4, 2026
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() 432 - The Making of a Master Naturalist | The sound of boots crunching on sandy sediments and excited chatter filled the air. The first day of our Wisconsin Master Naturalist training had begun, and twenty people from all walks of life were eager to learn about the ecology of the Northwoods. Over the next five days, these participants would be exploring sites all over Bayfield County, and learning from experts across multiple natural resource fields. Our goal was not to instantly train experts in Northwoods ecology, but rather to spark curiosity and connection with the natural world. Whether coming from a natural resource background themselves, or simply wanting to learn more about nature, our participants were eager to dive into the knowledge of our experts. And we were jumping right into the geology of the Northwoods at our first field trip location–an esker left by the glaciers around 11,000 years ago. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() 431 - Preserving the Legacy of Black Ash | Dappled light, mosquitoes, and the roar of a chainsaw filled the humid air on a morning in early June. Guided by skilled hands, the blade sliced through pale wood. Lacey green leaves trembled against the blue sky before tipping toward a gap in the canopy, brushing past the twigs of neighbors, and easing quietly onto the earth exactly where the feller intended. If a black ash tree falls in the forest, must it land with a crash? Deep in the woods east of Lake Namakagon, I'd gathered a small team of volunteers on an urgent mission. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() 430 - Summer Blooms with Lois Nestel | While staying in Boulder Junction, Wis. to take a Wilderness First Responder course last week, I made time for a bike ride on the Heart of Vilas County Bike Trail. This wonderfully curvy, scenic, paved trail is a favorite of mine. At this junction between spring and summer, I delighted in the profusion of flowers. Lois Nestel, the Museum's first naturalist and director, might not have joined me on a bike ride, but I know I would have loved to walk attentively through the woods with her. This week, I'd like to share her description of the residents of woods and fields as summer begins to bloom. Slow down a minute with me, we'll smell the roses, and I think you'll find it rewarding. | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | ![]() 429 - Fossil Explorations | I sat on the tan, dusty ground of the quarry in north central Iowa, fingers grasping at the shell that lay halfway buried in the chalky clay and limestone. Wiggling it back and forth, I gently pulled it up from the ground that it had been resting in for millions of years. The ridged shell was almost perfectly intact, painting me a detailed picture of what the animal looked like. I had found a brachiopod fossil, a marine invertebrate who used to live in the warm, shallow sea of the Devonian Period, roughly 380 million years ago. As I sat examining my find, I couldn't help but think about how special it is to find something so ancient, to hold the remnants of their life in my hand, and glimpse what life on Earth was like millions of years ago. | — | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | ![]() 428 - Spring Explodes in the Northwoods | In just the last week or two, new life has exploded in the Northwoods. To my brain, it feels like a burst of fireworks. Instead of embers sparkling in the darkness, there's been a surge of colorful blossoms, an eruption of vibrant baby leaves, a cacophony of birdsong, and a buzz of movement everywhere I look. | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | ![]() 427 - Balsam Poplar-Tree of the Far North | The shiny resin on balsam poplar buds turns to airborne molecules during spring leaf-out. Those molecules contain a myriad of chemicals that are useful to the tree -- and beneficial to us! Thriving in the far north -- farther than any other broadleaf tree in North America -- balsam poplar is poised to make drastic changes to the tundra as summer temperatures warm. Read more about this amazing tree in this week's Natural Connections, or listen to the podcast. | — | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | ![]() 426 - A Prairie-Dweller Moves North | 426 - A Prairie-Dweller Moves North A lump of gray fur in the middle of the trail pulled us up short. The small mammal was about the size of a gray squirrel, but with cute, round ears tucked below their silhouette. I'd never seen a Franklin's ground squirrel before! On various websites I read that these are a species of tallgrass prairies, although they've declined as the prairies have declined. In the southeastern part of their range the squirrels are barely hanging on in grassy roadsides and railroad right-of-ways—the same places where a few native plants have escaped the plow. Several sources suggested that they belong only in the southern and western portions of Minnesota. So what was this little prairie dweller doing in Northeastern Minnesota? | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | ![]() 425 - The Trill of a Pine Warbler✨ | birdwatchingpine warblers+3 | — | The Trill of a Pine Warbler | pine treesrock wall+1 | pine warblerbirding+5 | — | 5m 36s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() 424 - A Torrent of Mis-Named Birds✨ | bird identificationwaterfowl+4 | — | Merlin appring-necked ducks+1 | — | waterfowlbirdwatching+3 | — | 7m 13s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() 423 - A Shorebird in the Forest✨ | birdwatchingshorebirds+4 | — | hokumpokesanderlings+2 | Atlantic coastNorth America | woodcocksshorebirds+5 | — | 6m 31s | |
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| 4/16/26 | ![]() 422 - The Heron's Plan✨ | heronsfish behavior+3 | — | The Heron's Plan | coastal waters | heronmullet+3 | — | 5m 51s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() 421 - Sunrise Dancers✨ | wildlifebirdwatching+3 | — | — | Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area | sharp-tailed grouselekking+4 | — | 5m 38s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() 420 - Spring Cleaning with Turkey Vultures✨ | turkey vulturesspring cleaning+3 | — | Cathartes aura | Northwoods | turkey vulturesspring cleaning+3 | — | 6m 03s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() 419 - Thrasher Concert✨ | birdwatchingmigration+3 | — | brown thrashersloons | SoutheastNorth | brown thrasherbird songs+3 | — | 6m 20s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() 418 - The Loons of Lake Jocassee✨ | loonsmigration+3 | — | — | Lake JocasseeSouth Carolina+1 | Common LoonsLake Jocassee+3 | — | 6m 25s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() 417 - Mushroom Munching Slugs✨ | mushroomsslugs+4 | — | — | — | mushroomslug+5 | — | 4m 33s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() 416 - "Whooo" will we see?✨ | owlsbird watching+3 | — | great gray owlsboreal owls+2 | Sax-Zim BogNorthern Minnesota | owlsSax-Zim Bog+5 | — | 6m 35s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() 415 - Peanut Butter Saves the Jay | The Canada jays swooped from the feeding station, back over my head, and disappeared into the forest behind me. Were they taking peanut butter to their chicks? These intrepid birds nest in February and March! That's one reason their food caches are so important. | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 | ![]() 414 - Fishers Looking For Love | Early spring is when male fishers travel widely in search of mating opportunities. I often see their tracks in the softening snow as they tour their 9-15 square mile home ranges that overlap the smaller territories of several females. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | ![]() 413 - The Elusive Lynx | I stared open-mouthed in disbelief at the cat crossing the neighborhood street in front of my new house in Silver Bay, MN (I'll be moving up full time in 2027). Trotting purposefully on long legs, with a body almost three feet long, this was no housecat. "Bobcat!" I exclaimed, eyeing the black tip on their short tail and dark blotches on gray-brown fur. Bobcats are common in Northern Wisconsin where I've been living for the past 15 years, and are often spotted around homes and roads, so that was the most likely identification my startled brain could find. But as the cat climbed up the pile of dirty snow on the curb and into my neighbor's yard, the size of their huge, furry feet came into full view. That, along with long black ear tufts visible against the white, confirmed their identity: Canada lynx. | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | ![]() 412 - Is the Sun Setting on Evening Grosbeaks? | Evening grosbeaks are colorful members of the finch family. These bright birds travel widely toward the best food sources in movements known as "irruptions." In 2016, the evening grosbeak was cited as the steepest declining landbird in the continental United States and Canada. Together, networks of scientists and legions of bird-lovers are working to make sure that the Sun isn't setting on evening grosbeaks. How can you help? If you see grosbeaks, post your photos to iNaturalist or eBird where scientists can use them as data to determine where the birds are and what they are eating. Or if you're lucky enough to see one with a colored band, report it to the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory. Learn about ways to prevent birds from colliding with your windows from the American Bird Conservancy. Keep cats inside. Keep your bird feeders clean and take them down if you notice sick birds. Support the Finch Research Network and other conservation organizations with your donations. Scientists have come together in an Evening Grosbeak Working Group to fill the knowledge gaps across priority areas like diet, causes of death, migratory and population dynamics, habitat, and climate change. Among other things, scientists are outfitting grosbeaks with satellite and radio transmitters and colored leg bands to help track their movements. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | ![]() 411 - Stories in the Hemlocks | As my boots crunched and sunk into the snow, the trees were shedding bits of snow that littered their branches, dispatched by the wind. In my attempts to avoid getting showered by falling snow, I found myself walking among scattered giants. Standing next to the old eastern hemlock, staring up at the towering trunk, I began to feel very small as I imagined what this tree has lived through and the things that they have seen. How many generations of songbirds have nested in their branches, or found food in their cones? How many generations of deer, bears, wolves, and other wildlife have they seen treading beneath their branches? How have they seen us change, and do they like what they see? How have they watched the world change around them, as they stand rooted in place? | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() 410 - How Do We Know the Moon | "'I know the moon,' said the fox" My colleague read this title line aloud from a children's book recently, as part of a staff training. At first, I was just as enchanted with the story as she was. The fox goes on to describe how the Moon is like a rabbit that he can chase across the night. The moth disagrees with the fox, though, as does the owl, the mouse, and the bullfrog. The animals start bickering about who's right. They decide to visit A Man of Science, and each Being hopes that he will confirm their perspective. But the Man of Science declares that the Moon is made of sand, and nothing more. I sensed that the author was trying to make some point about how the facts and figures of science are out to squash wonder in the world. How horrible that would be! I realized that the author had constructed a strawman argument by setting up a simplistic imagined opponent that's easy to knock down. Giving children an incorrect view of science and scientists isn't going to help them navigate our changing world. It isn't going to help them to know the Moon. Here's a few fun links to info about the Moon: https://www.amazon.com/I-Know-Moon-Stephen-Anderson/dp/039923425X https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-moon-itself/transcript https://cablemuseumnaturalconnections.blogspot.com/2021/06/whip-poor-will.html https://cablemuseumnaturalconnections.blogspot.com/2018/09/stranger-than-we-can-imagine.html https://www.sciencealert.com/our-moon-is-curiously-lopsided-and-a-massive-impact-could-be-to-blame https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/meteorite-impacts/on-the-moon https://science.nasa.gov/moon/tidal-locking/ https://science.nasa.gov/moon/weather-on-the-moon/ https://science.nasa.gov/moon/formation/ https://science.nasa.gov/moon/composition/ https://www.universetoday.com/articles/moons-insides-still-hot-hot-hot-after-billions-of-years-of-formation-study | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() 409 - Why Woodpeckers Don't Get Concussions | The idea that a woodpecker's tongue provides cushioning for their brain as it wraps around their skull has come into question. The newest calculations, made with the most accurate modern technology, refute the idea that a woodpecker's brain is cushioned at all! Of course, any of these conclusions might be proven wrong or incomplete as scientists discover new information in the future. The beauty of science is that it requires us to be able to change our minds in light of new evidence. One thing that doesn't need to change is the magic we feel when we watch a great black bird with a flaming topknot spread their broad wings and with a few swooping beats disappear into the forest. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | ![]() 408 - Cute Bits of Camouflage | Brown creepers are cute little bits of camouflage with white bellies. This one moved upward in staccato motions, a bit to the side, around to the back, back to the front, and up some more. Pausing, the bird used their thin, downward-curving bill to explore a bark furrow. Perhaps they had spotted an overwintering insect larvae or antifreeze-protected spider for their lunch. Near the limit of my view out the window, the creeper suddenly launched off the tree and fluttered downward toward another tree trunk, out of sight. | — | ||||||
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