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Squirrel Tracks in the Snow

Squirrel Tracks by OakleyOriginals

What could be more fun on a winter morning than finding animal footprints in the snow? Here’s some help with identifying tracks – outdoor nature fun for the kid in you.

Who Made That Track?

Pictured here are some squirrel tracks in the snow, but, unless you saw Sammy Squirrel make them, how [...]

Favorite Backyard Critters Contest

Many critters can be found in your backyard, whether you have are deliberately gardening for nature or not. There are cool critters, strange critters, amusing critters, cute critters, and maybe even scary critters. But which 3 critters, or animals, are your favorites?

Douglas Tallamy and the Spun Glass Slug Caterpillar

Spun Glass Slug Caterpillar – copyright Doug Tallamy 2009

Wow! Take a look at this amazing caterpillar which can be found on oak leaves.

I wrote yesterday and asked Douglas Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, to nominate a favorite backyard critter. Here is his reply:

“I have many favorites, but one might be the spun glass [...]

Make Like a Kansas Possum and Prepare for a Prairie Winter

a possum in a crabapple tree by normanack

Look at that cute possum visiting his local crabapple tree for a winter snack. I doubt he’s a Kansas prairie opossum, but he could be, bear with me.

Preparing for Winter

Let’s say you want a quick lesson in preparing for winter. What lessons can you learn from a [...]

Kansas Fall

Eastern Chipmunk by Gilles Gonthier

It’s time to prepare for winter. At least the chipmunks and squirrels in my back yard think so. This year the white oak tree has produced a massive crop of acorns – I’ve never seen it produce so many. But until last Friday the animals completely ignored the acorns, letting [...]