Nature Notes Written by members of the Saskatoon Nature Society this column appears in The Saskatoon Star Phoenix publication "Bridges". Latest Column 03-Nature-Notes2-Mar-2024-by-Julia-Adamson Previous Columns ⇓ June 2021 Taking Note of Our Songbirds by John Patterson. June 2022 Birding during COVID times more solo than social by Guy Wapple July 2022 Counting Birds in My Neighbourhood By Bill Robertson August 2022 Yellow-headed Blackbirds Seek Local Marshes by Joan Feather September 2022 Cormorants: Power-line Acrobats by Barbara Hanbidge October 2022 Fire On The Prairies: Why It Matters By Renny W. Grilz November 2022 How do honey bees survive our Saskatchewan Winters? By Heather Brenneman December 2022 Birds of Saskatchewan: A labour of love. By Donna Bruce January 2023 Walking the South West Trail By Bill Robertson February 2023 Chickadees Tough It Out Over Winter By Daniel Giesbrecht March 2023 Sharp-tailed Grouse: The Prairie Dancer By Stan Shadick April 2023 The Western Meadowlark: Prairie Icon and Harbinger of Spring By Blair McCann May 2023 Celebrating Urban Forests in Saskatchewan. By Tom Gode June 2023 Wild orchids abound in Saskatchewan. By Anna Leighton July 2023 Young Naturalist program teaches kids about biodiversity. By Greg Fenty August 2023 Duckweed and algae can paint a pond green. By Bill MacKenzie. September 2023 The Flight and Plight of the Whooping Crane. By Jim Lee October 2023 Pick Your Poison. By Anna Leighton November 2023 Early Birding Experiences By Guy Wapple December 2023 Winter Birding in the Saskatoon Area by Bill Robertson. January 2024 Decline of Some Bird Populations is Cause for Concern By Jim Lee February 2024 Saskatoon’s Small Swale: Hidden in Plain Sight By Meghan Mickelson March 2024 Preserving Nature's Legacy: The Journey with Saskatoon's Afforestation Areas By Julia Adamson