Have you ever asked, “What should we do today?” If so, you need Washington Day Trips by Theme. This comprehensive guide to the Evergreen State is jam-packed with hundreds of Washington’s top spots for fun and entertainment. Take a simple day trip, or string together a...
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Stan Tekiela, naturalist and wildlife photographer, shares with us why he thinks that some Great Horned Owls nest late. There are a lot of aspects of nature that I find interesting. However, what I find even more interesting are what people think of nature. Or...
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Millions of people have discovered bird-feeding. It’s a simple and enjoyable way to bring the beauty of birds closer to your home. Watching the birds at your feeder and listening to them often leads to a lifetime pursuit of bird identification. The Birds of Pennsylvania...
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When you’re out and about, keep Animal Tracks of the Northeast, by Jonathan Poppele, close at hand. Designed for ease of use, the tabbed booklet is organized by track group for quick identification. Narrow your choices by group, and view just a few animal tracks...
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Wildlife photographer and naturalist Stan Tekiela loves rule breakers, and it seems that the Northern Shrikes are just that. Here is his story. Critters in nature don’t follow the rules we people lay out for them. A good example of this is the Opossum. How crazy...
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Naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela tells us all about the incredible muskrat. Did you know that muskrats are not rats, and that their name is believed to come from the Algonquian Indian language? This winter has been a bit strange in the northland where I...
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Stan Tekiela tells us all about the American Bison, this incredible animal living on our prairies, plains, and in river valleys. Sometimes called a Buffalo, this is a misnomer that suggests that the American Bison is somehow related to the Buffalo of the Old World....
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Wildlife photographer and naturalist Stan Tekiela has been spending a lot of time in the woods, studying and photographing White-tailed Deer behavior. Here is his report. The White-tailed Deer is the most widely distributed member of the deer family, found throughout the United States, much of...
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Naturalist and wildlife photographer par excellence, Stan Tekiela takes a closer look at the Eastern Wild Turkey. To say our Eastern Wild Turkey is an unusual looking bird is a complete understatement. Let’s look right past the large fan-shaped tail of the male and examine the...
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Naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela shares with us his encounter with a pack of Grey Wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Late in the day, all of our searching and listening had finally paid off. Up on a low rolling, snow-covered ridge, just out of sight,...
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