Photo of the Week – The Prairie Ecologist
Sometimes the light is so spectacular, a guy just has to pull off the road and shoot something. http://prairieecologist.com/2012/12/06/photo-of-the-week-december-6-2012/
Sometimes the light is so spectacular, a guy just has to pull off the road and shoot something. http://prairieecologist.com/2012/12/06/photo-of-the-week-december-6-2012/
Don’t get a hikers hiking boots unless you know exactly what theywant. Don’t get waterfowl hunters decoys unless they’re hand-picked by the hunters themselves. One of the most common responses to these gifts will be “Thanks. Do you have the receipt?” But there are several things that can be bought, …
By Jon Morgenson, Park Horticulturist We get a lot of questions in our Landscape Services program from people asking “What tree can I plant that will have good fall color?,” and by that they mean oranges, reds and even some purple not just yellow or gold or yikes only a …
This is a follow up to an earlier post that people apparently thought was very funny. Thanks for laughing at me. http://prairieecologist.com/2012/12/03/how-not-to-photograph-prairie-dogs-part-2-why-are-you-laughing/
Mike’s Great Plains Documentary is airing again tonight on NET at 7pm-930, then again Sunday 230-5pm. To see the work of one of our own, tune in. His photos, and accompanying message, are fascinating. JK
It can be hard to keep Kentucky bluegrass alive in lawns, but it can be a tough invasive species in prairies. Hardly seems fair, but such is life. Click below to read about the mindset needed to address bluegrass in prairies. http://prairieecologist.com/2012/11/28/dealing-with-a-pervasive-invasive-kentucky-bluegrass-in-prairies/
Photography is fun for me because I don’t have to do it. Read more about how opportunistic photography led to this particular photo (and many others). http://prairieecologist.com/2012/11/16/photo-of-the-week-november-16-2012/
If you’re like me – and you only wish you were - you can only take so many daily journals about Kurrus sitting in a tree before you start itching to read something about butterflies and flowers. I feel your pain. So, try this on for size: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/11/13/regal-fritillary-butterflies-in-burned-and-grazed-prairie/
Rob shot his first Nebraska deer today, a doe at 8:00 shortly before a doe of mine at 8:15. I’ve never seen him so excited, and he’s been deer hunting since he was a kid. But what was probably even better for us was the “trophy” I shot last night, …
Remember when I told you that something special was going to happen last night or this morning? Well, I was wrong – at least where I was hunting. We braved the 40-mph winds this AM near Tekamah and came up empty. Then Rob and I weren’t able to hunt where …
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