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Is that a rainbow?

Is that a rainbow?

By Buckmasters Online

What looks like a rainbow but isn’t a rainbow? Perhaps you’ve seen one. It seems like a rainbow turned upside down. Some folks say that’s God’s Smile, but meteorologists call it a circumzenithal arc or a CZA. Or, it might look like a rainbow only it is parallel to the horizon. Sometimes poetically called a fire rainbow, tha... READ MORE

Rediscovered! The Vietnamese Mouse Deer

Rediscovered! The Vietnamese Mouse Deer

By Buckmasters Online

Check out its miniature hooves and tiny fangs. Photo: The unique two-tone pelage coloration of reddish brown to silver gray on the chevrotain’s back affirmed the camera had captured the elusive creature after almost 30-years absence from view. November 11, 2019, was a significant day in deer history. Although some might argue it’s not e... READ MORE

120 years of conservation history lives with the annual Christmas Bird Count

120 years of conservation history lives with the annual Christmas Bird Count

By Buckmasters Online

Photo: Last year 79,425 volunteer observers in the field watched for birds at feeders and other locations to tally 48 million birds observed. – Photo courtesy Alice Popkorn. For the 120th year, the National Audubon Society is organizing its annual Christmas Bird Count. It is one of the longest running wildlife censuses in the world.... READ MORE

Deciduous conifers late fall beauty—tamaracks and cypress

Deciduous conifers late fall beauty—tamaracks and cypress

By Buckmasters Online

When fall arrives and youngsters collect crisp, colorful fall leaves for their classrooms, leaves of a deciduous conifer are rarely displayed. That may be because the fall color that the needle-leaved trees produce arrives later in fall, after most deciduous trees have dropped their leaves. All deciduous trees—oaks and maples, for example&md... READ MORE

Take someone hunting or fishing Sept. 28: It’s National Hunting & Fishing Day

Take someone hunting or fishing Sept. 28: It’s National Hunting & Fishing Day

By Buckmasters Online

Photo: Sharing knowledge and skills, adult hunters can mentor youth or adults through natural resources agency-sponsored mentoring programs. Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Natural Resources. National Hunting and Fishing Day, celebrated the fourth Saturday of every September, remains one of the most effective grassroots efforts ever undertake... READ MORE

Beware this King Kong of monster plants

Beware this King Kong of monster plants

By Buckmasters Online

Photo: UV-light exposure on skin touched by giant hogweed sap creates extremely painful blisters. It’s King Kong of monster plants, and it might be growing in the woods near you. From a distance, it looks pretty—like a spectacular, gigantic relative of Queen Anne’s Lace. But giant hogweed is one of the most toxic plants you could ... READ MORE

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