This week I share some diverse and beautiful nature art from the Chippewa Nature Center's recent Nature Art Show and ask various artists why they choose to do nature-focused work and use natural materials. I hope you enjoy their talents...
This week I follow up on my Mondays with Martha #62 post and discuss why invasive gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) egg masses should be removed during the winter months. Learn about an introduced parasitoid wasp species, Ooencyrtus kuvanae, that provides...
Happy Monday and Happy Thanksgiving! This week I discuss one of our most popular game species and a Thanksgiving tradition, the wild turkey. Learn about this big, boisterous game bird's preferred habitats, foods, and how you can support it in...
This week I offer tips for keeping our feathered friends safe in our yards, as window collisions are a significant source of bird injuries and deaths each year. Learn about some basic retrofits you can make to your existing windows,...
This week I share some simple tips for attracting fall birds to your landscape. Learn how you can support migrating and year-round resident species as the seasons change! Also, don't forget that Project FeederWatch begins this Saturday, November 13 and...
This week I encourage you to enjoy the beauty of our native grasses in the fall and discuss in detail little bluestem, a short-statured native prairie grass with a lot of charm! Learn how this drought resistant warm season grass...
They're back! This week I feature one of my favorite fall and winter feathered friends, the dark-eyed junco. These "snowbirds" hale the onset of winter weather and flit energetically through the underbrush searching for seeds. Learn how you can support...
This week I discuss one of 13 frog and toad species in Michigan, the wood frog. Cutely masked and capable of cryogenic freezing, this amphibian is a key species in vernal pools and an important part of woodland food webs....
This week I provide an update on the mystery bird illness reported from the eastern United States this spring and summer and discussed in Mondays with Martha #60 Part 1. Although the cause of the illness remains unknown, major known...
