With egg-laying season just around the corner, American mink will be out and about, hunting for active waterfowl nests. Good Natured: Mink-n-Eggs March 24, 2023 Next weekend, April 1, the St. Charles Park District will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt at Pottawatomie Park. Thousands of eggs, hundreds of kids. A sugar-fueled good time will
Papa’s Back Is Home to 100 Wee Ones
Cicadas
To paraphrase an old saying, “Behind every great male, there’s a great female.” Most folks I know would agree but, if you’d like more proof,…
Cicada, Cicada Song, Eggs, NymphsA Bird Eat Bird World
Ground Bees – Part 2
Ground bees, as we saw last week, are some of our area’s most beneficial insects. They provide spring flowers with the much-needed service of pollination.…
Eggs, Ground Bee, NestGround Bees – Part 1
The other day I was at Langum Woods in St. Charles, getting ready to work with some wonderful volunteers from Elgin Community College’S Phi Theta…
Eggs, Ground Bee, NestGoldenrod Galls
Goldenrod galls are particularly noticeable this time of year. Each gumball-sized growth initially houses a young goldenrod gall fly, but later can be used by a variety of other small creatures, including spiders, beetles, bees and wasps. Goldenrod Galls February 17, 2017 A few weeks ago I received an email from a nice woman named
Bud, Eggs, Goldenrod Gall