by simpleDesigns | Jan 1, 2010 | Birding
Thursday am Flight Crew – Dec 31, 2009
by simpleDesigns | Dec 31, 2009 | Birding
ONE of the highlights of my day, was helping fly a Snowy Owl at the Raptor Center. This guy came from a zoo in North Dakota for a stay at the Center where we found very little wrong with him. Today, he was taken out to the field in from of the St. Paul...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 30, 2009 | Birding
Reprinted from the Duluth News Tribune, December 19, 2009 Ben Wilson was a very happy raptor handler on Thursday. Wilson, a volunteer at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center in St. Paul, was taking photographs of Harley, the injured bald eagle, as it took flight...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 29, 2009 | Birding
Tina and I visited Kansas City over the Christmas week. Due to the snow storm that hit the Midwest, we didn’t visit Squaw Creek as planned, but stayed close to home. We did see 19 species visiting the bird feeders in my folks back yard. Two of the...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 21, 2009 | Birding
Minnesota birders have been enjoying sightings of this Arctic duck along the Mississippi River. Formerly known as Oldsquaw, the Long-tailed Duck breeds in the Arctic and winters along both coasts of North America. It is distinctive among ducks in plumage, molt...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 17, 2009 | Birding
After flying a Red-tailed Hawk this morning, I stuck around the Raptor Center to watch Terry and Gary fly a couple of Bald Eagles in Como Park. Both birds are getting ready to be released. More pictures of the launches and flights are posted on Picasa at:...
