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A Wonderful 20 Minutes

Wonderful things can happen in short amounts of time. On Tuesday, I had about 20 minutes to explore the rain garden next to our community center with three second grade boys. We started at the pond to look for frogs. We didn’t find any, but the boys quickly spotted some water striders moving across the water. […]

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The things we do for love: Flight of the Woodcock

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It’s spring and romance is in the air. Literally. While people are known to hire sky writers or airplanes to profess their love, there’s a tiny bird that is the king of outrageous and romantic gestures – The American Woodcock. On a recent Audubon expedition to Cherokee Marsh, me and about 20 other bird enthusiasts

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The loons among us: Waterbirds have been flocking to Lake Monona

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