Exploring Nature by Sheila Newenham
I stopped in my tracks. I’ve never seen so much beaver sign! Trampled, packed down snow, chewed limbs, and huge shavings from felling trees.. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I knew that the beavers were back. I’d seen signs of activity at their … Continue readingThe Beavers Next Door
The first snow of the season foretells the winter ahead. This year our first snow was 1-2″, the earliest snowfall of this magnitude in the last thirty years. Often the first snowfall is gray and slushy and makes me want to linger inside by a … Continue readingAwaking to the Season’s First Snow
As the sunrise begins to diminish the darkness of night, shapes appear. I squint trying to make them out. A grizzly bear is taking his last bites of a bison carcass before the daylight, and the people scare him off. He was here yesterday morning, … Continue readingYellowstone Wolf Watching Trip