In amongst the deer flies and the cattails

The long days of Minnesota summer bring with them “productivity”; a word that some might call a euphemism for “lots of flies and mosquitos”. 🦟😉. But with the bugs come foraging black bears; wood duck drakes adorned in all their glory; and marshes alive with the sounds of yellow-headed blackbirds and marsh wrens, busy with the tasks of finding a mate and raising young. Join Naturalist Rich Pagen as he explores the wilds of Minnesota under his mosquito net!