Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Waxy Bloom
Hopefully all have enjoyed the beauty of Colorado Blue Spruce trees that are planted in Michigan to enhance yards and businesses. Blue spruces have a […]
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Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Bird Eggs and Shells
Reminder Note: The Rouge River Butterfly Count is 7 July at 9 a.m. If you missed the nature niche article, e-mail me for details. Participants […]
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Parasites and Parasitoids
We are familiar with parasites like mosquitoes that suck blood essential for egg development. Females are parasitic and males are not. Males seek nectar and […]
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Arrowhead Spiketail Life Cycle
Flying rapidly close to the surface of shallow water in Little Cedar Creek headwaters, an Arrowhead Spiketail dragonfly guards a territory. Males fly back and […]
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Hues of Green
Hues of green with splashes of white and red. Early summer provides its own color extravaganza. Each tree species has a unique nature niche adaptation […]
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Graduation Day 2018
It is high school graduation day and science has saved me for this day. Twenty years ago, on Mother’s Day 1998, my family doctor called […]
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Science and Emotion
I am told as a biologist I cannot be emotional. Yet everything I live for, strive for, and believe in is in the dirt outside […]
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Butterflies Counts
Mark Calendars. Butterfly count participants will receive Mo Nielsen’s book Michigan Butterflies and Skippers as bonus. Discover butterflies in a variety of local habitats with […]