Lisa Meyers McClintick
Writer and Photographer at Freelance
Award-winning travel writer/photographer specializing in national parks and outdoors, hands-on art, living history and agri-tourism; creative workshop leader.
Articles
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1 week ago |
nationalgeographic.com | Lisa Meyers McClintick
Ribboned by rivers and dotted by more than 10,000 lakes, Minnesota’s top getaways never stray far from storied waters. The Mississippi River winds through both St. Paul and Minneapolis where urban stays highlight art and architecture in a former convent and coax guests to a rooftop sauna and spa pool overlooking the reflective skyline.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Lisa Meyers McClintick
As spring tips past the threat of freezing temperatures, watch for the first glimpse of bats at dusk. They might be mistaken for birds until you catch the steep dives and high-flying maneuvers more like barnstormers and aerialists. Minnesota has nine species of bats. About half of them overwinter in caves or buildings that stay just above freezing. The rest are migrating back from warmer climates. One of the year-round residents, the big brown bat, is considered the hardiest.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Lisa Meyers McClintick
With an eye-patch like a bandit and bodies no bigger than 3 inches, wood frogs are among the fascinating critters that spend the winter sheltered in backyard and woodland leaf litter. If you find one that looks frozen, let it be. Wood frogs' ability to become winter frogsicles counts as their biological superpower. Their bodies create the equivalent of antifreeze that floods their system.
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3 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Lisa Meyers McClintick
If you need an incentive to wander a prairie that looks ho-hum this time of year, consider an expedition to find deceptively delicate, easy-to-miss pasqueflowers. Like purple and golden garden crocus, they're the first flower to push through the dried grasses and plants, and they stay low to the ground, rarely growing more than 8 inches high. The petals, just an inch or two in diameter, open in subtle shades of lavender and pink.
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1 month ago |
startribune.com | Lisa Meyers McClintick
Minnesota's black bears are emerging from their winter dens this time of year, as weather warms and plants and insects return as sources of food. The bears shake off their winter state of torpor, when their heart rates slowed and they didn't eat, drink or defecate for about six months to conserve energy under cold temperatures and scarce food. They can lose up to half their body fat during the winter slumber.
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