Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps
MWC Eco-brief: Salamanders and seasonal pools
Blue-spotted salamanders depend on temporary pools of water that fill with snowmelt and rain in early spring. This is where the salamander lays eggs that hatch into gilled larvae with...
MWC Eco-brief: Salamanders and seasonal pools
Blue-spotted salamanders depend on temporary pools of water that fill with snowmelt and rain in early spring. This is where the salamander lays eggs that hatch into gilled larvae with...
MWC Eco-brief: Carolina Wren
As an avid insectivore with a bill that cannot open most seeds, the Carolina wren depends heavily on winter birdfeeders offering suet, white proso millet, sunflower hearts, or peanuts. Just...
MWC Eco-brief: Carolina Wren
As an avid insectivore with a bill that cannot open most seeds, the Carolina wren depends heavily on winter birdfeeders offering suet, white proso millet, sunflower hearts, or peanuts. Just...
MWC Eco-brief: Magnificent Mimicry
Yikes, a venomous coral snake! Or is it? The non-venomous eastern milksnake is an eastern coral snake mimic; both species exhibit concentric bands of red, yellow, and black. The color...
MWC Eco-brief: Magnificent Mimicry
Yikes, a venomous coral snake! Or is it? The non-venomous eastern milksnake is an eastern coral snake mimic; both species exhibit concentric bands of red, yellow, and black. The color...
MWC Eco-brief: House Finch Fashion
House finches are beautiful and rather tame birds that frequent backyard bird feeders. Did you know that the male’s red plumage comes from the diet he eats while molting feathers?...
MWC Eco-brief: House Finch Fashion
House finches are beautiful and rather tame birds that frequent backyard bird feeders. Did you know that the male’s red plumage comes from the diet he eats while molting feathers?...
MWC Eco-brief: Smallest North American Falcon
The American kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America. In the Upper Midwest, this species is often perched on powerlines eyeing road ditches for mice, grasshoppers, or other prey....
MWC Eco-brief: Smallest North American Falcon
The American kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America. In the Upper Midwest, this species is often perched on powerlines eyeing road ditches for mice, grasshoppers, or other prey....
MWC Eco-brief: Upper Mississippi River Freshwat...
In the early 1900s, freshwater mussels in the Upper Mississippi River were over exploited to the point of near extinction to make pearl buttons from their thick shells. When it...
MWC Eco-brief: Upper Mississippi River Freshwat...
In the early 1900s, freshwater mussels in the Upper Mississippi River were over exploited to the point of near extinction to make pearl buttons from their thick shells. When it...
