November Mallards
Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. A lot of folks are still wondering what happened to all those thousands of mallards that blew through Iowa a few days ago. Well, it appears as if a lot of […]
Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. A lot of folks are still wondering what happened to all those thousands of mallards that blew through Iowa a few days ago. Well, it appears as if a lot of […]
Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. “Have you thus sat on a snowy day and squinted through the white curtain at those mail-carrying bluebills? Until you have courted bluebills in the snow, you have not tasted of
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. Even by Northern Plains standards, the season’s first winter storm was one for the record books. The massive weather system — officially dubbed Winter Storm Astro — roared onto the mid-western scene
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. November the 8th. If I was only allowed a single day in the entire year to hunt white-tailed deer, then November the 8th is the date I’d be sitting in my stand
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. One of the things I enjoy most about fall turkey hunting is just how ridiculously loud the flocks often become at right at daybreak. This morning’s hunt was no exception. The
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. Enough is enough. No more denial. No more looking over my shoulder. Right here and right now, I’m going to come clean. And although I’ll likely be banned from future DU
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. COOTS ARE COOL Commonly referred to as ‘mud hen or mud duck‘, the American coot is neither a duck nor a hen but is actually a giant member of the rail
Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. Warm in the sunshine, but cool in the shade. That’s just one of a thousand things that I like about October — my favorite month of the year. October is the
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. If you’re one of those folks who utilize backyard hummingbird feeders, then you already know that this year’s fall migration has been a World Class, Record Book event. On
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Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. It would be hard for anyone to miss this annual spectacle. If you’ve been out and about during recent rainy days, you’ve undoubtedly seen it for yourself — scores of tiger salamanders
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