by Fred McVaugh | Apr 17, 2018 | journal, North Dakota history, outdoors, Places to go, Things To Do
Audubon Brought Science to Fort Union, the Nation by Fred MacVaugh Scientific study and Fort Union fur trade — they’re two subjects not readily associated in people’s minds. But unbeknownst to most, Fort Union fur trade contributed to science decades before Theodore...
by Fred McVaugh | Apr 2, 2018 | journal, North Dakota history, outdoors
Small Sightings and the Sounds of Solace Part 2 by Fred MacVaugh Part 1 is here. Today, the birds I see are too far away to identify. They hop and flit quickly. Could they be dark-eyed juncos? Perhaps they’re American tree sparrows? Against the background of brown...
by Fred McVaugh | Mar 26, 2018 | journal, North Dakota winter
Small Sightings and the Sounds of Solace by Fred MacVaugh Despite this winter malaise, I feel cheered. And it’s not our longer days or the warmer weather we had of late in northwest North Dakota. A stubble field provides bedding and food for a herd of mule...