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 | 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.
by simpleDesigns | May 5, 2011 | Birding
One of the only birds visiting the dries up swamp on Dauphin Island… the Northern Waterthrush can be seen on migration bobbing its tail near wet spots in parks or back yards.
by simpleDesigns | May 4, 2011 | Birding, Travel
An adult and a juvenile were video taped while perched on a forest edge in La Escorzonera pond at Hato Piñero. Video by David Ascanio.
