Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: Frog Count Fun

MWC Eco-brief: Frog Count Fun

How many different types of frogs do you hear? Scroll to the bottom of this page for the answer. #midwestmoment #naturephoto #wildernessculture #midwestwildernessconnections #naturephotographer #travel #travelphotographer #picoftheday #naturelove #wanderlusting #hikingadventures...

MWC Eco-brief: Frog Count Fun

How many different types of frogs do you hear? Scroll to the bottom of this page for the answer. #midwestmoment #naturephoto #wildernessculture #midwestwildernessconnections #naturephotographer #travel #travelphotographer #picoftheday #naturelove #wanderlusting #hikingadventures...

MWC Eco-brief: Monarch Butterfly Nectar Plants

MWC Eco-brief: Monarch Butterfly Nectar Plants

Monarch butterflies require milkweed (Asclepias spp.) as a larval food source. Just as important are nectar food plants to power adult monarch migrations north and south. Tropical milkweed sold at...

MWC Eco-brief: Monarch Butterfly Nectar Plants

Monarch butterflies require milkweed (Asclepias spp.) as a larval food source. Just as important are nectar food plants to power adult monarch migrations north and south. Tropical milkweed sold at...

MWC Eco-brief: Cricket Frog

MWC Eco-brief: Cricket Frog

The Blanchard's cricket frog is a declining species in the northern portions of their Upper Midwest Range. This species hides along muddy banks where it's amazingly well camouflaged in color...

MWC Eco-brief: Cricket Frog

The Blanchard's cricket frog is a declining species in the northern portions of their Upper Midwest Range. This species hides along muddy banks where it's amazingly well camouflaged in color...

MWC Eco-brief: Why did the turtle cross the road?

MWC Eco-brief: Why did the turtle cross the road?

This rare Blanding’s Turtle was attempting to cross a busy highway, so I stopped and helped him cross safely. This time of year, many of the turtles crossing the road...

MWC Eco-brief: Why did the turtle cross the road?

This rare Blanding’s Turtle was attempting to cross a busy highway, so I stopped and helped him cross safely. This time of year, many of the turtles crossing the road...

MWC Eco-brief: Red-winged Blackbird Trickery

MWC Eco-brief: Red-winged Blackbird Trickery

Male red-winged blackbirds are highly territorial, vying for the best territory with abundant aquatic invertebrate food resources that the females prefer. But she's sly when beyond the eye. Genetic testing...

MWC Eco-brief: Red-winged Blackbird Trickery

Male red-winged blackbirds are highly territorial, vying for the best territory with abundant aquatic invertebrate food resources that the females prefer. But she's sly when beyond the eye. Genetic testing...

MWC Eco-brief: Pied Billed Grebe

MWC Eco-brief: Pied Billed Grebe

Pied-billed grebes are charismatic wetland birds that dive underwater to catch food, such as crayfish, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic invertebrates. Their nesting habit is especially interesting. In the Midwest,...

MWC Eco-brief: Pied Billed Grebe

Pied-billed grebes are charismatic wetland birds that dive underwater to catch food, such as crayfish, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic invertebrates. Their nesting habit is especially interesting. In the Midwest,...