Posts tagged with “Arb Talk” (All posts)
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If there are birds that perplex novices and experts alike, the warblers are sure to be among them.
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Black Walnut
7 October 2022Walk down by the Cannon River these days and you are sure to find (or trip over, like I do) green and browning spheres the size of golf balls. These are the fruit of the native black walnut (Juglans nigra).
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(Very Few) Dangers in the Arb
30 September 2022Violence, bloodshed, disease, horror, and death. In the Arb, dangers lurk at every corner, and every day is a new struggle to survive, but not for humans.
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An Exciting Arb Trail Cam Find: A Fisher!
23 September 2022Humans at Carleton share the Arb with remarkable species. Some of these creatures are abundant and conspicuous, while others are less in number and reclusive. Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are a mammal in the weasel family (Mustelidae) that embody the latter traits.
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Fish and Fishing
30 May 2022If you take a walk around Lyman Lakes or the Cannon River these days, you can see many anglers. Indeed, with the nice weather and lack of mosquitoes, fishing could be the most enjoyable activity in nature around the waters.
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Spring Warbler Migration
23 May 2022Northfield is in full color: blue phlox and false-rue anemone are in bloom, the wild plums are on display, and hundreds of brightly-colored tropical birds are finding a temporary home in the Arboretum.
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In Defense of the Lyman Lakes Geese
16 May 2022With temperatures rising and the sun (kind of) shining, it would seem that spring has finally sprung! With spring comes new life in many forms– wildflowers are blooming and trees around campus are finally leafing out. My favorite spring arrivals, however, are the baby Canada Geese (Branta Canadesis) emerging from their nests after hatching.
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Quest Item Acquired – An Owl Pellet
9 May 2022As the wind picked up and chilly raindrops battered midterm-wearied faces, the student naturalists took shelter in a patch of conifers next to the McKnight Prairie. While idling beneath the safety of the canopy, they came across this one tree, the base of which was littered with white droppings.
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There are many “ologies” in the world relating to living organisms. Entomology, ornithology, mammalogy; the list goes on. One lesser-known discipline is mycology: the study of fungi.
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A Quiet Friend
25 April 2022I often walk down Highway 19 on my way to the Arb, and I always keep an eye out for a friend of mine– he’s a lovely blue-gray color, and likes to stand in the water and rocks in the little Lyman Lakes waterfall next to the bridge.
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