In spirit with the season of gift giving, I thought I would share a unique type of gift commonly received by the Bell Museum of Natural History when it was known as the Zoological Museum from 1915-1928. Sure the museum…
While foraging in the secluded woods of the Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota, this Marmota monax ponders, “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” – Woodchuck, Winton, St. Louis County, May 1931. Another…
Okay, so these jackrabbits don’t appear to be very wild. Maybe these tame hares should be called laprabbits instead? – Jackrabbit, young, June 21, 1924, Herman – White-tailed Jackrabbit in lap, June 1933, Rosemount – White-tailed Jackrabbit drinking, June 1933,…
In Box 8 of the Bell Museum of Natural History collection resides a field notebook titled, “Trip to Western part of State, 1924.” In this notebook, Thomas Sadler Roberts recorded bird notes on his two-week trip to Grant, Big Stone,…
A few months ago we shared images of a baby moose from 1901 and highlighted the work being done by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to manage the rapidly decreasing moose population within the state. You can stay…
We’ve been waiting for another snowfall to share this little guy – a snowshoe rabbit. Walter J. Breckenridge captured these images of a snowshoe rabbit near the north shore of Lake Superior in the winter of 1927. Breckenridge was then…
This upcoming Saturday the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gopher football team will go up against their rivals – the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Kick-off is at 2:30 PM at TCF Bank Stadium. To show our school…
These “bird feeders” are not your average seed-filled perching stations: – Whitebreasted Nuthatch on boy’s cap – Chickadee with J.M. Eheim of Hutchinson – Chickadee on frying pan held by J.M. Eheim of Hutchinson – Chickadees held by Mrs. P.G….
Are you sick of glass plate negatives yet? I certainly do post a lot about them. The fact is I spend the better part of my day looking at the scanned images of the negatives, deciphering the hand-written notations on…
A close friend of mine recently shared a quote from her 2-year-old son, “Bears can scare people, Mom. And monsters, and snakes, and lions. All sorts of animals can scare people.” After I read his realization, I had to laugh,…