If you want to find an outdoor screen-free family activity, consider birdwatching for kids. It's an easy, low-cost way to ...

Mr. E. O. Grant. While kneeling on ground imitating squeal of spruce-grouse chick, had mother grouse fly directly at his head. No damage. No date. Mr. W. L. Bishop. Found ruffed grouse submerged ...

When summer’s bounty of bugs, seeds, and nectar starts to wane, most birds in Colorado seek warmer climes with good food to offer. But one group of birds sticks it out year-round, subsisting on ...

Reindeer, huskies, and the northern lights—it’s all here, at Reindeer Manor. Sprawled out on a 19th-century farm outside of ...

Puffed female Ruffed grouse is sitting on the spruce tree on a frosty branch in cold winter day. Image via Depositphotos. The ruffed grouse has a unique way of attracting mates through non-vocal means ...

Gymnosperms (literally “naked seed”), mostly have needles and encase their seeds in cones (examples include pines, junipers, spruce, and cedar ... and Sharp-tailed Grouse. Robins and Townsend’s ...

Thick boughs of pine, hemlock, spruce and fir provide a needled canopy that intercepts falling snow, creating a hollow where snow depth is reduced. The boughs help retain warmth from the day’s sun.

Blue jays are one of the first birds we learn to identify as kids. You can find them all over the country, but not a single state has chosen the blue jay as its state bird. This may be because ...

A new Pheasants Forever chapter covering the northwestern portion of the state including Beltrami County, called Wings and Water, was recently unveiled. "Pheasants Forever is proud to introduce the ...

A rare bird has disappeared in suspicious circumstances amid fears of "human interference", the RSPB has said. The young Hen Harrier, named Red by local schoolchildren, hatched in 2024 in Tarras ...

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