by simpleDesigns | Jul 7, 2013 | Cycling
Not getting much birding in these days, but riding better than I have in years. Here is today’s TCBC ride:
by simpleDesigns | Jun 18, 2013 | Birding, Photography
1st identified by Julian Sellers on June 11th, I ventured to Battle Creek Park quite early this morning on the chance of seeing a Kentucky Warbler. The bird and several birders were exactly where Julian had 1st found him. I was able to watch the bird for...
by simpleDesigns | Jun 3, 2013 | Birding
This past weekend I visited my brother in Hood River, OR for a weekend of mountain biking and beer tasting. One of the unexpected surprises were California Quail, a lifer bird (my 1,000th) sitting in Tim’s front yard. Tim has had as many as 30 quail in his yard...
by simpleDesigns | May 13, 2013 | Birding
Tina and I just spent a cold and windy weekend in Frontenac and Lake City, MN. The middle of May is the height of spring bird migration and there is no better place to be than Frontenac. Birds using the Mississippi River as a flyway stop along the way to...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 30, 2013 | Birding
My friend and birding extraordinaire John Dillon helped me identify these guys as Pectoral Sandpipers. The image is from our recent trip to Quivera National Wildlife Refuge. There is one Least Sandpiper in the flock. Can you find it?
