by simpleDesigns | May 9, 2011 | Birding
Saturday and Sunday were the St. Paul Audubon’s Warbler weekend in Frontenac, MN. The weekend count for the group was 131 bird species. The warbler count was our best total since 2002. Highlights included both Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, 26...
by simpleDesigns | May 8, 2011 | Family
Our youngest grand daughter Aurora turned 2 at the end of April. A fun party was had by all last weekend.
by simpleDesigns | May 8, 2011 | Birding
Prothonotary Warblers breed in wooded swamps and other bottomland forests. Characteristic tree species include willows, sweet gum, willow oak, black gum, tupelo, bald cypress, elms, and river birch. On their wintering grounds Prothonotary Warblers are abundant in...
by simpleDesigns | May 8, 2011 | Birding
Summer Tanager in a Live Oak and a Scarlet Tanager in a Mulberry Tree. (Click on thumbnails)
by simpleDesigns | May 6, 2011 | Birding
Marvelous birds to capture in your binoculars, male Eastern Bluebirds are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red-brown on the breast.
