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A Quiet Friend

Klara Heuchert April 22, 2022

I often walk down Highway 19 on my way to the Arb, and I always keep an eye out for a friend of mine — he’s a lovely blue-gray color and likes to stand in the water and rocks in the little Lyman Lakes...

Arb Notes: Ephemeral Forest Wildflowers in the Arb

Arb Notes: Ephemeral Forest Wildflowers in the Arb

Alec Leonetti April 14, 2022

Despite the unexpected snow this last week, spring is still on its way! Many forest wildflowers in the Arb have adaptations to deal with these kinds of weather disruptions and are thus able to start blooming...

Arb Notes: Awesome Opossums!

Arb Notes: Awesome Opossums!

Wanying Na April 8, 2022

On our weekly Arb walk this Friday, the Naturalists spotted the body of an opossum (Didelphis virginiana) near the entrance of the Lower Arb. Commonly known as Virginia Opossum, these critters are about...

Chaotic crow convention on campus (February 2022)

Arb Notes: Are Carls or Crows More Resourceful?

Avery Blumenthal March 4, 2022

Ubiquitous, overlooked and implicated in superstition, the American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) might be Northfield’s most fascinating organism. American Crows range across the wildest and most...

Arb Notes: Mammal Hibernation in the Arboretum

Arb Notes: Mammal Hibernation in the Arboretum

Sydney Marie Jones February 25, 2022

On February 2,  Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in a sunny Pennsylvania town. His prediction: six more weeks of cold fronts and snow flurries. Three weeks later and a thousand miles from...

Arb Notes: Bird Nests in The Arb

Alec Leonetti February 11, 2022

During the spring and summer months in the Arb, birds are building their nests and raising their young. After the chicks have fledged, many birds abandon their nests and build a new one the next year....

Arb Notes: Enjoying Winter!

Arb Notes: Enjoying Winter!

Hannah Davis January 21, 2022

Our Northfield winters are so very cold, and it can be difficult to find any reason to brave the outdoors. However, I’m here to share a few of the things that motivate me to don an alarming number of...

Arb Notes: Magestic Migrations

Arb Crew October 29, 2021

With the icy wind blowing and the geese amassing once again on Lyman Lakes, we have come to the time of the year when the idea of migration resurfaces from the back of everyone’s mind. The Franklin’s...

McKnight Prairie by Nancy Braker

Arb Notes: Do You Know About McKnight Prairie?

Walt Li October 18, 2021

If you just happen to run into this article in the Carletonian (as opposed to reading it on the Arb’s website), chances are you are one of the students who are totally unaware of the plot of land that...

Arb notes: Carleton’s stunning sparrows

Arb notes: Carleton’s stunning sparrows

Avery Blumenthal October 5, 2021

photograph by Mathew Zappa ‘22 Imagine crossing continents using only your physical strength, then doing it again, and again whenever the seasons change. This process defines the wonder that is migration....

Arb notes: night life in the Arb

Kestrel Liu May 30, 2021

American toad. Ever taken a walk (or a nap) in the Lower Arb when the sun is down and the moon glares bright? The woods, steeped in milky mist spiked with moonlight, slumber in the absence of the scorching...

Arb notes: coyotes!

Klara Heuchert May 23, 2021

A few weeks ago, I was in the Arb after sunset and heard a strange dog yowl... and then I heard many others join in, high-pitched and even a bit spooky, and I realized that I was hearing a pack of...

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