Stuck at home in the pandemic? The natural world is still open Some restaurants and stores may be closed but the natural world is wide open to enjoy.
By VAL CUNNINGHAM Special to the Star Tribune December 15, 2020 9:57am Text size Copy shortlink:
A bright male cardinal lands in a feeder and carefully selects a seed with its brilliant red beak. Below him a crowd of charcoal-colored juncos forages for seed bits and noisy blue jays fly by many times a day to check for a new supply of peanuts.
We ve heard dire predictions about a dark winter ahead, with human activity constrained by safety precautions to stave off the pandemic. With winter s cold coming on, it can seem as if we ll be confined to o