Northern Naturalist
Dave BensonWriting about nature: stories about birds, trees, other plants and animals; reviews, how-to tips, and what's happening now near Lake Superior
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Brown-headed Cowbird: Northern Naturalist #55
Brown-headed Cowbird on Bison back Gibbon Meadows Yellowstone National Park, Photo by Sparky Stensaas/thephotonaturalist.com
Brown-headed Cowbird
Imagine a large herd of bison thundering across a vast grassland. They trample everything...
Dickcissel: a Bird of Grasslands, North and South
Photo by Sparky Stensaas/thephotonaturalist.com
Dickcissel: a Bird of Grasslands,
North and South
Few North American birds carry a name as immediately memorable as the Dickcissel (Spiza americana). The name is a direct transcription...
Ferns and the Fractal Glow: Northern Naturalist #53
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Ferns and the Fractal Glow
This time of year, soon after the solstice, when I go into the forest, I exult in the bright green light from the plants. In my neck of the woods, much of the understory will be ferns....
Black-throated Blue Warbler: Northern Naturalist #52
Male Black-throated Blue Warbler by Depositphotos_593636198B
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) is one of the hardest-to-find of the 26 regular species of wood warbler found in Northeastern...
Counting Birds: Northern Naturalist #51
Photo of Blue-headed Vireo by Depositphotos_454858734
Counting Birds
Yesterday I got up at 3:00 am, and drove out into heavy fog and about an hour-and-a-half trip to the designated first stop of my Breeding Bird Survey. I wrote about th...
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Writer, naturalist, bird guide. Author of Owls of the North: a Naturalist's Handbook, Woodpeckers of North America, more. Former naturalist at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory and four state parks. Ordained Orthodox Christian deacon.
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