Easy By Nature

Little Master

An American Dipper in the Black Hills

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September 2026

From the Arctic to the Andes

United by Berries

Sep 18 • Bill Davison

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In Praise of Pewees

Mercy and I rented a cabin in the woods just outside of Pere Marquette State Park over Labor Day weekend.

Sep 11 • Bill Davison

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Eye Contact with Frogs

Kids, hazelnuts, and the case for showing up with loppers

Sep 4 • Bill Davison

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August 2026

Communal Shade

A microburst, an empty nest, and learning to sit with the storm

Aug 28 • Bill Davison

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How to Get Close to Birds

Think back to when you were interested in befriending another kid in high school.

Aug 21 • Bill Davison

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I Bargained up my New Book Designer

I bargained up my new book designer.

Aug 14 • Bill Davison

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Steady Ground

What a small dark berry taught me about bringing the birds back

Aug 7 • Bill Davison

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July 2026

A Garden Becoming a Bird

A Cardinal came close while I was picking peaches, and completely ignored me

Jul 31 • Bill Davison

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Learning to See in the Dark

Two instruments have shaped everything we know about night migration, and both of them miss most of what crosses. A new way of watching is beginning to…

Jul 24 • Bill Davison

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Searching for Safe Ground

I pull up behind a line of cars and park in a gravel lot by Lake Evergreen, my kayak in tow.

Jul 17 • Bill Davison

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The Widening Net

As the Martin House slides down the pole, the air fills with a purple cloud, birds swirling above drenching us in liquid warbles and down-slurred…

Jul 10 • Bill Davison

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