Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.           No matter how many trips I make to the marsh, it seems there is always  something new to see.  No two days are alike.  Although this year’s […]

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. Iowa’s second installment in a series of three year, experimental Early Teal Seasons has concluded. Timed to coincide with peak migrations of blue-winged teal, the September hunt was reauthorized by the U.S.

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   The fall bird migration is gaining momentum.  And although the annual travels of all bird species are fascinating, perhaps none is more intriguing, or more often overlooked, than the autumn migration

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   This year’s Special [Teal Only] Duck Season began Saturday, September 5. The second in a three year experiment, the early-16 day hunt is timed to coincide with the peak migration of

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   This year’s Iowa dove opener is officially in the can. In spite of the fact that unseasonably cool weather during late August resulted in a substantial reduction in dove numbers across

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. CUSTER, SD–With symmetrically curved horns and sure footed agility, the Rocky Mountain bighorn is one of North America’s best known and most spectacular forms of wildlife. The closest populations of wild bighorns

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   It’s late August. Right on schedule, this year’s crop of annual cicadas are making their above ground debut as the distinctive chorus of hopeful males is beginning to fill the sultry

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.     “. . . there was nothing to see but prairie, green stretches of grassland rolling quietly outward till lost in the haze that trembled on the horizon.” – Norwegian immigrant

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. It’s late summer and the season is moving on. In the woodlands bordering Iowa’s lake and river systems, the last of this year’s crop of green herons are leaving the nest. Cloaked

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   Later this summer, the tabulated results of the DNR’s August Roadside Surveys will be used to monitor the population trends of several important Iowa wildlife species.  The noble ground hog [a.k.a.