by simpleDesigns | Mar 24, 2009 | Birding, Cycling, Travel
Tina and I just got back from a week in Fredericksburg, Texas. We were able to get in some early spring bike riding and birding. One night downtown, we came across several large moths that resembled small hummingbirds drinking nectar from flowers. This is a picture...
by simpleDesigns | Mar 5, 2009 | Birding
Today was my first day working at the Minnesota Raptor Center where I’ve joined a “flight crew”. Flight Crew is a program to help rehabilitate owls, hawks, vultures and eagles. Several times each week, birds are brought outdoors on tethers for some open flight...
by simpleDesigns | Mar 3, 2009 | Birding
Birding this past month has had a few surprises and a whole host of usual suspects. White-winged Crossbills and 100’s of Common Redpolls were the newest additions to our back yard list. Chickadee, Downy, WB Nuthatch, Cardinal, Crow and Dove are in the yard...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 24, 2009 | Birding
During our afternoon walk today, Biggs (our dog) ran underneath a large evergreen and spooked 5-6 birds. After a brief look, I thought I’d seen either some Pine Grosbeak or possibly White-winged Crossbills. We cut our walk a bit short, raced home for binoculars and...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 21, 2009 | Birding, Photography
Woodpeckers: We recorded 7 new species of woodpeckers (out of the 28 species that live in Peru) on our South America trip. The variety of color and markings was amazing and due to their size, they are relatively easy to find in the camera. Here are pictures of the...
