Photo of the Week – November 1, 2012
On Wednesday, our staff was out enjoying some beautiful fall weather and harvesting the last of our prairie seeds for the season. Walking along a gravel lane, we found a small snake basking in the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – July 18, 2013
We had a terrific field day last week – thanks to the more than 100 people who came out to explore our Platte River Prairies with us. There were two neat wildlife discoveries during the day. The first...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – April 24, 2014
Last weekend, my 13-year-old son went with me to do some work in our family prairie. It was a nice day for wildlife sightings, starting off with a prairie chicken that flushed from the grass as we...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – March 19, 2015
Proof that I’m a biologist: While driving along a gravel road near our shop this week, I stopped and backed up to see if I’d seen a small snake or just a piece of debris in the road… A redbelly snake...
View ArticleSnake Season!
It’s a great time of year to see snakes. As the weather cools in the fall, snakes are especially drawn to places where they can soak up warm sunlight during the middle part of the day. That makes it...
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