The Nature Norm Report: Prairie Photography

Adventures with Nature Norm will include friends this month. Ethan Freese is a conservation photographer and filmmaker, once again visiting the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Adventures with Nature Norm will include friends this month. Ethan Freese is a conservation photographer and filmmaker, once again visiting the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, from Lincoln, Nebraska.
This month’s Adventures with Nature Norm will be an exciting experience, as Norm Gregoire from Shared Legacy will be joined by Ethan Freese, a conservation photographer from Nebraska, who will serve as a co-guide for the event.
August 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Bank swallows will nest in groups of anywhere from ten individuals to many thousands. It’s mesmerizing to watch.
May 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: If you are lucky enough to see a Canada warbler hopping through the foliage, it can be a highlight of the birding season.
April 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: The least bittern is North America’s smallest member of the heron family.
February 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: In the tall-grass prairie, there is no other species at risk that we live more closely with than the barn swallow.
January 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Yellow rail are very seldom seen; more often, they are heard making a distinct “click-click” call that sounds as if two small stones are being tapped together.
December 2023 Dawson Trail Dispatch: The common nighthawk has picked up the nickname “mosquito hawk” due to their ability to eat over five hundred mosquitoes and other insects in a single night.
October 2023 Dawson Trail Dispatch: One way to distinguish olive-sided flycatchers from other flycatchers is by their distinct call, which has been said to sound like “quick, three beers.”
September 2023 Dawson Trail Dispatch: The golden-winged warbler may be hard to spot, but if you are lucky enough to see this showy songbird, it could be a highlight of your autumn birding season.