April 2024 – Ranger Ramblings

“Christian has learned and grown from his experiences and has a greater appreciation of nature and the world around him.” — Grandma Pamela

It sometimes takes awhile for students to realize the human impacts on the river, such as personal use and growing crops.

This spider is the goldenrod crab spider, or more generally, the flower (crab) spider. It is most commonly found hunting in flowers.

After we fed and monitored the little owlets for a few days, we moved them out to their new and temporary home.

NWDC Raptor Center Director Diana Miller drew a beautiful red-tailed hawk out from a portable carrier and held it up for all to see.

We observed many trees that had been chewed and knocked over, and with the recent snow even some beaver track!