Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps
MWC Eco-brief: Cellophane Bees
Early spring wildflowers are incredibly important to native bees emerging from their overwinter retreats. Here, cellophane bees are feeding on purple cress (Cardamine douglassii). Cellophane bees are ground nesting bees....
MWC Eco-brief: Cellophane Bees
Early spring wildflowers are incredibly important to native bees emerging from their overwinter retreats. Here, cellophane bees are feeding on purple cress (Cardamine douglassii). Cellophane bees are ground nesting bees....
MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast
We all marvel at the beauty and acrobatics of dragonflies and damselflies. Less well known is that years of their life are spent underwater as nymphs; the T-Rex...
MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast
We all marvel at the beauty and acrobatics of dragonflies and damselflies. Less well known is that years of their life are spent underwater as nymphs; the T-Rex...
MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers
Muskrats build huts in standing water by mounding mud and vegetation that is significantly elevated above the water level. A central chamber within the hut is located above the...
MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers
Muskrats build huts in standing water by mounding mud and vegetation that is significantly elevated above the water level. A central chamber within the hut is located above the...
MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do
How do birds, such as the horned lark, keep their thin, exposed legs from freezing? Arteries carrying warm blood from the heart run parallel to, and warm, the cooled blood...
MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do
How do birds, such as the horned lark, keep their thin, exposed legs from freezing? Arteries carrying warm blood from the heart run parallel to, and warm, the cooled blood...
MWC Eco-brief: Wood Duck Shenanigans
The male wood duck has long been admired for its highly decorative plumage. This duck nests in tree holes that form where a branch has broken off, exposing heartwood that...
MWC Eco-brief: Wood Duck Shenanigans
The male wood duck has long been admired for its highly decorative plumage. This duck nests in tree holes that form where a branch has broken off, exposing heartwood that...
MWC Eco-brief: One busy mama!
Have you watched a pair of Canada geese in amazement as they chaperone an unbelievable number of goslings? Egg dumping, laying eggs in another female's nest, is practiced by Canada...
MWC Eco-brief: One busy mama!
Have you watched a pair of Canada geese in amazement as they chaperone an unbelievable number of goslings? Egg dumping, laying eggs in another female's nest, is practiced by Canada...
