Bumblebees are amazing pollinators
Who pollinates flowers in high mountain meadows? Who might be the first to visit your flowers in the morning? Who might be pollinating flowers when…
Tag: Animal Diet
A boa constrictor in Idaho!
Have you been lucky enough to see Idaho’s only boa constrictor? The rubber boa is smaller than the giant boa constrictor of South America and…
Spring wildflowers bring first splash of color
As the weather warms, signs of spring are everywhere–green grass, emerging larch needles and spring wildflowers. The burst of color from spring wildflowers is a…
Mourning cloak butterflies first to flutter around
Spring is full of firsts—first robin, first flower and first butterfly. Not necessarily in that order though. The first butterfly is often fluttering around before…
Discover Antlers: How big? Why they fall off?
A big bull moose can grow an eighty pound rack over the summer, adding up to a pound of bone a day! Antlers grow at…
Pileated Woodpecker: North America’s Largest Woodpecker
Naturally North Idaho is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to…
A mouse eating a caterpillar!
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught movement of something on the ground. I slowly turned and saw a mouse. Most mice I…
Varied Thrush: A bird heard more often than seen
For a long time I heard a whistle-like bird song in the woods and couldn’t identify it. I heard the song in the woods around…
Incredible transformation from tadpole to frog
Changing from a swimming tadpole to a jumping frog is truly incredible. The change is gradual since almost every organ is modified during metamorphosis. A…
Dabbling versus diving ducks: Difference goes beyond what they eat
Bottoms up! The tell-“tail” sign of a dabbling duck is tail feathers above water and head beneath the water. Ducks can generally be divided into…
Elusive “blue-tailed” western skink
A flash of blue darted across the ground in front of me as I entered Grandma’s barn—a blue-tailed skink! Luckily, the skink paused long enough…
Wildlife attracted to dead trees
I often notice snags because of the woodpecker holes or woodpeckers drumming on the tree. However, woodpeckers aren’t the only ones utilizing snags. What animals…
A boa constrictor in Idaho!
Have you been lucky enough to see Idaho’s only boa constrictor? The rubber boa is smaller than the giant boa constrictor of South America and…
Spring wildflowers bring first splash of color
As the weather warms, signs of spring are everywhere–green grass, emerging larch needles and spring wildflowers. The burst of color from spring wildflowers is a…
Mourning cloak butterflies first to flutter around
Spring is full of firsts—first robin, first flower and first butterfly. Not necessarily in that order though. The first butterfly is often fluttering around before…
Discover Antlers: How big? Why they fall off?
A big bull moose can grow an eighty pound rack over the summer, adding up to a pound of bone a day! Antlers grow at…
Pileated Woodpecker: North America’s Largest Woodpecker
Naturally North Idaho is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to…
A mouse eating a caterpillar!
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught movement of something on the ground. I slowly turned and saw a mouse. Most mice I…
Varied Thrush: A bird heard more often than seen
For a long time I heard a whistle-like bird song in the woods and couldn’t identify it. I heard the song in the woods around…
Incredible transformation from tadpole to frog
Changing from a swimming tadpole to a jumping frog is truly incredible. The change is gradual since almost every organ is modified during metamorphosis. A…
Dabbling versus diving ducks: Difference goes beyond what they eat
Bottoms up! The tell-“tail” sign of a dabbling duck is tail feathers above water and head beneath the water. Ducks can generally be divided into…
Elusive “blue-tailed” western skink
A flash of blue darted across the ground in front of me as I entered Grandma’s barn—a blue-tailed skink! Luckily, the skink paused long enough…
Wildlife attracted to dead trees
I often notice snags because of the woodpecker holes or woodpeckers drumming on the tree. However, woodpeckers aren’t the only ones utilizing snags. What animals…