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While digging through the Museum's storage room, sometimes I just have to shake my head. I might find an oddly shaped piece of plywood,...
Haley Selen
Nov 21, 20191 min read
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101 Uses for Newspaper
Collecting mutes (the technical term for bird waste) to make cleaning a breeze: Inside travel crates On the mew floor, especially in the...
Haley Selen
Nov 15, 20191 min read
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Comfort Zone
With a hearty appetite this fall, Carson the Red-tailed Hawk will do just about anything to earn her food. Entering the office on my...
Haley Selen
Nov 8, 20191 min read
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Frog Eyes
A tree frog sat perched at the top of her branch as if begging for a photo shoot. I willingly obliged as I powered up the macro mode on...
Haley Selen
Oct 31, 20191 min read
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Red Tails at The Raptor Center
The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota admits hundreds of injured raptors each year. Every bird is carefully examined by...
Haley Selen
Oct 16, 20191 min read
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Kestrel Migration
We stopped on a dirt road south of Clam Lake and I strained my ears to hear the high-pitched tittering emanating from the trees. With no...
Haley Selen
Oct 16, 20191 min read
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Body Language
Wednesday was a picturesque, sunny day and I asked Aldo the American Kestrel to step on my glove. He readily hopped on and we circled the...
Haley Selen
Oct 9, 20191 min read
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Fall Hunger Pangs
With the leaves changing and the sun setting earlier, it is obviously fall. The birds know it, too, as they feel the urge to prepare for...
Haley Selen
Oct 2, 20191 min read
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Salamander feet
Scuba the Tiger Salamander was hungry. He struck at each worm quickly and shook them zealously before swallowing his meal whole. (I...
Haley Selen
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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Becoming an Artist
On a slow Thursday afternoon, Digger the hognose snake explored the desk as I worked at my computer. She slid smoothly around the...
Haley Selen
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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