by simpleDesigns | Jan 27, 2010 | Birding
Early morning, January 1st, 2010. A neighbor calls, says “get up and bring your camera… there’s a big hawk in my yard”. I did catch a glimpse in the binocs of what I assumed was a red-shouldered hawk, but he didn’t stick around long enough for a picture....
by simpleDesigns | Jan 27, 2010 | Birding
On January 16th, 2010 over 130 observers were out to specifically look for Golden Eagles! 93 Golden Eagles were seen in the survey area which covered southeastern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. More than 40 routes were covered in 12 counties and...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 25, 2010 | Birding
Two more fun birds this past weekend were the Red-breasted Nuthatch and the Gray Jay. Both birds were quite common “up north”. We don’t see them here in the cities as they rarely make it this far south. The Sax-Zim Bog has feeding stations posted at...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 25, 2010 | Birding
Tina and I celebrated our anniversary up north this past weekend. We spent one of the days driving around in the Sax-Zim bog bird area of northern Minnesota. One of the highlights was watching a Boreal Chickadee feeding on suet from a deer carcass at a...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 18, 2010 | Birding
Went birding this morning with some friends in Lilydale. Saw quite a few species but no owls. One of the ‘cute’ birds was the American Tree Sparrow. “The American Tree Sparrow is a common winter visitor in backyards all across southern Canada and the...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 7, 2010 | Birding
One of my tasks this week was to clean out Lightroom of images that were bottom of the barrel and taking up valuable hard drive space. No one ever wants to see your less than clear images, or the 3rd best. While going thru the July images, I came across a series from...
