Nature in the Natural State
Various times, daily
These educational spots are brought to you by the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists and KUAR. The Central Arkansas Master Naturalists' mission is to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.
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Gray squirrels are everywhere in central Arkansas, scampering up tree trunks, flicking their tails, and lying stretched out and prone to beat the heat.
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Monarch butterflies are passing through Arkansas this month on their way to overwinter in Mexico.
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All sorts of life is overwintering in dead leaves this month.
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This month, Arkansas forests are full of black bear cubs, but you probably won’t see them.
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This month, try participating in the Backyard Bird Count! Between February 17th and 20th, watch birds for 15 minutes or more, in the same place, at least once.
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This month, sandhill cranes, Antigone canadensis, are traveling from the southern United States and Mexico to their summer breeding grounds.
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White avens, Geum canadense, is a common plant that’s easy to overlook.
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Carpenter bees, of the genus Xylocopa, get their name because almost all of them burrow into dead wood to create their nests.
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What exactly is a songbird? Worldwide, it’s one of about 4000 species in the suborder Passeri.
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This month, we’ll see the first spring flowers—daffodils, forsythias, flowering quince, brides wreath—but wait!