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Natural Connections

Natural Connections

By: Emily Stone
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 Natural Connections is a weekly newspaper column created by Emily Stone, the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum in Cable, Wisconsin. In each episode, Emily reads her fun and informative weekly column about Northwoods Nature. Nature & Ecology Science
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  • 416 - "Whooo" will we see?

    416 - "Whooo" will we see?
    Mar 5 2026

    Seeing a moth seemed to signal that evening was coming, and our thoughts turned to owls. Sax-Zim Bog is famous for hosting rare owls. Last year was an incredible irruption year when great gray owls, boreal owls, and snowy owls visited from their homes farther north. This year has been much quieter. A few great gray owls nest here, but lately they've been secretive. We'd heard that a northern hawk owl was hunting at the edge of a field on some of the private land that makes up the patchwork of ownership in Sax-Zim Bog Important Bird Area in Northern Minnesota, so off we went!

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    7 mins
  • 415 - Peanut Butter Saves the Jay

    415 - Peanut Butter Saves the Jay
    Feb 26 2026

    The Canada jays swooped from the feeding station, back over my head, and disappeared into the forest behind me. Were they taking peanut butter to their chicks? These intrepid birds nest in February and March! That's one reason their food caches are so important.

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    6 mins
  • 414 - Fishers Looking For Love

    414 - Fishers Looking For Love
    Feb 19 2026

    Early spring is when male fishers travel widely in search of mating opportunities. I often see their tracks in the softening snow as they tour their 9-15 square mile home ranges that overlap the smaller territories of several females.
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    6 mins
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