Posted on July 7, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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How do Pelican beaks work? How much can they fit in their pouch? How do Pelicans hunt? I’ve got the answers to those and more!
Category: Animals, Birds, The Wild Life BlogTags: american white pelican, biology, bird, birding, brown pelican, colony, conservation, devonthenatureguy, environment, gulf of mexico, heartskeyphotography, how do pelican beaks work, how much water can a pelican hold, largest pelican colony, marsh lake minnesota, migration, minnesota, naturalist, nature, ornithology, outdoors, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, pelicn colony, texas, wildlife
Posted on July 2, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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In this episode, Devon and Richard go on a totally real, not-recorded-indoors, time travel adventure to explore the life history of the busiest mammal out there—the beaver.
Category: Animals, Mammals, The Podcast, The Wild Life BlogTags: #AnimalSoundOfTheWeek, Animal sound of the week, animals, beaver, beaver dam, beaver lodge, biodiversity, biology, boundary waters, bwca, coexist, devon bowker, ecology, environment, leave it to beavers, minnesota, naturalism, naturalist, nature, podcast, richard bowker, science, voyageur, wildlife
Posted on June 2, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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Toe-Biter, Electric-Light Bug, Alligator-Tick; people have come up with many names for the fascinating critter. It’s actual name is perhaps the most boring—the Giant Water Bug. They are the largest of the ‘true bugs’ and belong to the Belostomatidae family of insects.
Category: Insects and Arachnids, The Wild Life BlogTags: alligator tick, belastoma flumineum, belostomatidae, biodiversity, biology, bite, bug, ecology, electric light bug, entomology, featured, giant water bug, insect, invertebrate, lethocerus, macroinvertebrate, minnesota, naturalism, naturalist, nature, scuba, toe biter, wild, wildlife
Posted on May 14, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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Bloodroot is a perennial native to North America and blooms between March and May. It’s called Bloodroot because if you were to break open the stem or roots, it bleeds. If you’ve ever done so, congratulations, you are a murderer—just kidding. The “blood” is a sap and is a deep, rich, reddish-orange.
Category: Plants, The Wild Life BlogTags: ants, biology, bloodroot, botany, ecology, elaiosome, elder scrolls, hiking, hiking find, mille lacs, mille lacs kathio state park, minnesota, naturalist, plants, Sanguinaria canadensis, sanguivore, skyrim, symbiosis, wilderness, wildernessculture, wildflower
Posted on February 24, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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Don’t let that cute little face fool you. The carnivorous Least Weasel is fierce, eating up to 60% of its body weight in food per day.
Category: Animals, Mammals, The Wild Life BlogTags: animals, central minnesota, environment, hiking, hiking find, least weasel, life, mammal, minnesota, mustelidae, nature, pauly shore, quarry park, the wild life, weasel, wildlife
