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Door To Nature: Nest Boxes for Birds
Many nest boxes for birds can be found along some back roads in Door County. You may wonder what species use them. The smaller cavity nesters are typically chickadees, tree…
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Four Seasons Talk, Garden Expert And Fossils
During a Master Gardener/Wild Ones lecture at Crossroads, “Nature through the Four Seasons,” at 6:30 pm Tuesday, April 30, Charlotte Lukes will provide nature photos from throughout Door County from…
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Door To Nature: Wetlands Connect Wildlife
…in polluted lakes. These insects are an important source of food for other insects, spiders, fish and birds. Roy Lukes, my late husband, was so interested in learning all the…
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Sustainability 2024: Healthy Waters
…Sea Grant, explains why more of us should be thinking about rainfall. Our Door to Nature columnist, Charlotte Lukes, reminds us how important wetlands are to wildlife. What you won’t…
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Wild Things: Let the Wild Turkey Tales Begin
…15 people attended the Kewaunee County hearing at Kewaunee High School. Brian Paplham was elected chairman and Cody Lukes vice-chair. Josh Dokey and Jacob Bertrand were also elected as delegates,…
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Door To Nature: Hibernating Butterflies
I remember receiving a phone call on Dec. 31, 1983, from a woman in Sister Bay who told me about a large, dark butterfly that mysteriously appeared inside her house….
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Door To Nature: Chickadee Memories
The feeders were so quiet for much of the winter. There have been a couple dozen pine siskins high up in the trees communicating their wishes for more hulled sunflower…
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The Basics of Bird Identification
…File photo by Roy Lukes. Yellow Bellied sapsucker. File photo by Roy Lukes. Thinking taxonomically may sound intimidating, but even non-birders can do so automatically to an extent, Witek said….
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Door to Nature: Helping Eastern Bluebirds
…it. Charlotte Lukes will present a slideshow as part of The Ridges’ Sanctuary’s bluebird nest box workshop on March 16, 10 am. Call The Ridges at 920.839.2802 to register. The…
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…millimeters. Ovenbird. Photo by Charlotte Lukes. The bigger the difference between the two numbers, the sharper and brighter the image seen through the binoculars will be. Binoculars with objective lenses…
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DOOR TO NATURE: The Forest Excavator
…do you tell a male from a female pileated?” The female piley shows its black forehead, dark eye and black cheek bar. Photo by Roy Lukes. This hardwood tree is…
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Björklunden Releases Seminar Slate
…Russia and Ukraine in one seminar and Israel and Palestine in another; and Door County’s own Charlotte Lukes taking to the woods to observe and identify what she knows best…
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DOOR TO NATURE: Unusual Animal Activity
The deep snow that covered the county a month ago is mostly gone as I write this. More gray squirrels are visiting the yard now than during the two weeks…
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Door To Nature: Patience at the Bird Feeders
This past month, I’ve often looked out at the feeders in my front yard and noticed no birds. Few of the typical seed-eaters have been here, and many seeds that…
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…degree at Iowa State University and his MD in Psychiatry at the University of Iowa. His career began interning in Philadelphia continuing with his residency at St. Lukes Hospital in…
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Door To Nature: How Birds Survive Winter
After the warmest December on record, we were faced in the first part of January with sub-zero wind chills and warnings to stay indoors. I put food out several times…
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Results from Sturgeon Bay and Brussels Christmas Bird Counts
Record-highs for bald eagles in Sturgeon Bay and tundra swans in Brussels The annual winter bird surveys that we do on a single day during the specific three-week window, Dec….
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Door To Nature: How Birds Survive Winter
Wild birds that we enjoy seeing at our feeders, woodlands and shorelines have two major periods in their annual existence: the breeding season in summer and the non-breeding season, which…
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…Beard Nomination – The Ellison Bay restaurant scored a nomination for Best Restaurant in America. Door to Nature: Fall Migration – Charlotte Lukes on the beginning of the fall bird…
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Door To Nature: Owls in Winter
The annual Christmas bird counts (CBC) are happening in Door County this weekend and it made me think about the owls we’ve seen or heard during these surveys over the…