

HDT Team
- May 1, 2020
- 5 min
Spring Birding for Conservation
Looking for something to keep you busy? Birding is the perfect activity to enjoy while social distancing and your observations can help...


HDT Team
- Mar 11, 2018
- 4 min
Nature Notes: Territorial Tunes
I spent the first “spring heat wave” of March exploring the backwaters of the Mississippi River in the Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge. Down...


HDT Team
- May 23, 2017
- 5 min
Nature Notes: Turtle Crossing!
As May comes to end, we’ve seen a dramatic transformation of our landscape. I was out of town from May 12th-20th and was shocked by the...


HDT Team
- Apr 25, 2017
- 3 min
Indoor Gardening Ideas
With this recent (of many) snowstorms, I’m here to tell you that life is more than white landscapes inter speckled with black-barked...


HDT Team
- Mar 24, 2017
- 3 min
Nature Notes: Singing Sandhills
Last weekend I took a road trip to south-central Nebraska to try to catch a glimpse of the migrating Sandhill cranes, a task I thought...

HDT Team
- Mar 21, 2017
- 1 min
Happy #WorldPoetryDay
#minnesota #Nature #spring #worldpoetryday


HDT Team
- May 6, 2016
- 5 min
Nature Notes: Spring Ephemerals
May is a month of treasure hunts. I like to explore the outdoors with a specific treasure in mind. How many butterflies can I find today?...


HDT Team
- May 2, 2016
- 3 min
The 30×30 Challenge!
Click here to view the full size. This month, many of the Happy Dancing Turtle staff have agreed to participate in the 30×30 Workplace...


HDT Team
- Mar 11, 2016
- 3 min
Nature Notes: Water Awakening
March, in the minds of many, marks the arrival of spring. Locations all across the US have shattered record highs this week, with the...