Tuesday Tweet: A bird in the hand…
If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then how much are two birds in the hand worth? – Night Hawk, young, two young birds in hand, Cass Lake, July 1916. (Glass plate negative from the…
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Minnesota Seaside Station
On page 676 of Vol. 19, No. 487 of the journal Science, a notice appears from Conway MacMillan, professor of Botany at the University of Minnesota, and State Botanist for the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey. The notice informed…
Friday Flora: Seedlings
An important component in the study of plants is an understanding of the plant life cycle, the process of germination, and how a seed becomes a flower. Therefore it isn’t too surprising to find images of these little seedlings in…
Complementary Collections: A Survey Begins
On March 1, 1872 the legislature of the state of Minnesota approved a bill that ordered the commencement of a geological and natural history survey of the state, to be implemented and overseen by the Board of Regents of the…
Tuesday Tweet: Strike a pose
It’s time yet again for another bird photo session – complete with staged props – courtesy of T.S. Roberts. In June of 1903 Roberts set up these photos with Chickadees at Brook Lodge near Lake City, MN. – Chickadees on…
Monday at “the Mound”
Things are moving along this summer on the Exploring project. To date, we have scanned over 45,000 pages of archival materials and images from our natural history related archival collections. As I have shared previously, viewing the unique photographs that…
Joke of the Day
Last Friday, I walked across campus from Andersen Library to the Bell Museum of Natural History in order to research the animal habitat groups that are featured in the museum’s stunning dioramas. As I stood in front of a display…
Tuesday Tweet: Birds on a barb
– Four young Bluebirds, Fillmore County, June 1903 (from the Bell Museum collection of glass plate negatives)…
Exploring Minnesota – electronically
Last summer I made a resolution to explore Minnesota by visiting destinations in my home state that I have not yet experienced. I started with an excursion to Ely and the Sudan mine last August, and just this past…
Friday Flora: Rock vegetation
This University of Minnesota botanist is intensely dedicated to his study of Minnesota flora… – Rock vegetation, lichens, and mosses on sand bluff, Minnehaha, July, 1902 (From the photograph collection of the Department of Botany)…