Tag: outdoors
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The Wild Life’s Binoculars for Young Birders (and naturalist kits) Fundraiser
With this program, we hope to provide every attendee to our events that’s under the age of 18 with a free pair of binoculars, and a birding/naturalist kit. We also will have a web form available for individuals to apply for a pair! We have an event coming up on May 8th, a Big Day birding event, which would be perfect for our first distribution!
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The Journey So Far
The other day, I was going through a pile of junk (which I have a lot of) and came across this. This intentionally blurred piece of paper was the very beginning of #TheWildLife. It’s just a bunch of notes and ideas that I was jotting down while I tried to decide what I wanted to […]
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Become a Wildlife Ambassador
So, here’s the thing: we, at this moment, are rolling out a new newy thing. It’s super cool—the Wildlife Ambassador program! Basically, when you become a member at Patreon.com/TheWildLife, you can pick a species of some kind of personal importance to you and we will donate 10% of your contributions each month to either a […]
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When a Spider isn’t a Spider
If you’re reading this right now, you might be realizing that we’re about to be playing a game of semantics (systematics, rather). For many, if it looks like a Spider, that’s all they need to know to shiver in disgust and engage in fight, freeze, or flight. It may be pretentious to dwell on the […]
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TWL Hiking Club: Hiking with a Toddler
For some, hiking is all about fitness. For others, the challenge. For still others, it’s an opportunity to observe and appreciate nature. Hiking with a toddler is about all of the above and more.
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TWL Hiking Club: A Case for Solo Wilderness Adventure by Holly Scherer
This #TWLHikingClub we have a guest post, ‘A Case for Solo Wilderness Adventure’ by Holly Scherer
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How to Join the TWL Hiking Club
Curious about the TWL Hiking Club? Here’s who we are, what we do, and how to join.
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Gulls and the Concrete Sea: Why do Seagulls Love Parking Lots?
Most know them as seagulls, a name which implies a proclivity for life at sea. Yet this familiar moniker is neither accurate (scientifically speaking), nor seems to fall in line with a universal observation—gulls love parking lots, whatever their distance from the salty sea
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TWL Hiking Club: Hiking and Gear
If you have more advice for saving money while hiking, use the hashtag #TWLHikingClub on Instagram and/or Twitter for a chance to be featured by The Wild Life!
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TWL Hiking Club: Hiking and Instagram
Chances are, if you are an avid hiker or even a beginner, you are using Instagram to interact with others and find awesome places that are too cool for even Outside Magazine to list. If you are not yet, get on there! There is such a community you can build!
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TWL Hiking Club: Why Devil’s Lake State Park is a Fierce Competitor for my Favorite Park
There are only 77 so called “Last Great Places” in the world, according to the Nature Conservancy. One of them is in the land of cheese and Packers fans. Here’s why Devil’s Lake State Park is a fierce competitor for my favorite park.
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Pelicans Are Pretty Fly
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!
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TWL Hiking Club: Shi’s Story
In an effort to keep telling trail tales and further our hiking club, we are dedicating at least one TWL Hiking Club Tuesday a month to OUR STORIES. This week, we have a story from TWL Hiking Club member, and dear friend, Shi Weisman.
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#TWLHikingClub Tuesday: Hiking Ettiquette
Hiking etiquette is our topic for discussion this #TWLHikingClub Tuesday. I have compiled a list of ten things that I believe every hiker should know and adhere to in order to make the trails an even better place.
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Ask TWL: The Little Brown Skink
The Northern Crested Caracara is a medium-sized raptor, smaller than a goose, but bigger than other birds in the Falcon family like the Peregrine Falcon. The envy of the Bald Eagle, the Crested Caracara is, well, crested—which is sort of a way of describing a bird faux-hawk (pun-intended).
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Ask TWL: The Crested Caracara
The Northern Crested Caracara is a medium-sized raptor, smaller than a goose, but bigger than other birds in the Falcon family like the Peregrine Falcon. The envy of the Bald Eagle, the Crested Caracara is, well, crested—which is sort of a way of describing a bird faux-hawk (pun-intended).
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The Socks We Wear
As hikers, we like to do what we can to be more comfortable, and we need to protect the most important hiking tool we have, our feet!
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New to Hiking? We’ve Got You!
For most of my life, I have practiced the art of “sauntering”. I first discovered this term when studying Thoreau’s essay, “Walking”. It is essentially being present with yourself in nature and allowing the nature to guide you. As a child, I just did that, and as I grew up I learned to follow the […]