Spruce Grouse on the Border of Climate Change
Not so long ago, a moose caused an uproar on the U.S.-Canada border when it became trapped in a canal. The swimming moose was caught...
Cheryl Lyn Dybas
Dance of the ‘Fire Grouse’
In Search of the Firebird It’s late April on the U.S.-Canada border, pitch-black in the hour before dawn. Snow comes down sideways, making Minnesota State...
Freezers on the Fritz: Climate Change Threatens Canada Jays’ Food Cache Sites
Camp robber, meat bird. Lumberjack, venison hawk, moose bird. “All are expressive of its character and behavior,” writes Arthur Cleveland Bent in his 1946 Life...
The Elusive Canada Lynx: A Gift of the Boreal Forest
Rainbow arcs above Treasure waiting very near: Lynx in autumn light. Shadow in the Forest The forest has eyes. And somewhere in an October dawn...
A Frenzy of Black Bears
It’s Hyperphagia Season at Minnesota’s Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary Dust, winds and waters. Bears and people. All swirl together on an August afternoon at the...
Living with our wild neighbors
“When the Creator, we call him Gitchie Manitou, put man on this Earth, he walked, and he was lonely. It was Ma’iingan that walked with...