by simpleDesigns | Feb 19, 2009 | Birding
For the past several weeks, we have had a tremendous amount of Common Redpolls visiting our back yard. It was predicted that they would be among the finch species to move south of their usual range (from Alaska into Canada’s high Arctic country ) because of...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 18, 2009 | Birding, Photography
I have been experimenting with some new design ideas. Rather than simply displaying one or 2 photos in any single post, I’ve been looking for a way to insert a small gallery into WordPress. RC Concepcion from NAPP/Layers Magazine posted this idea recently and...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 18, 2009 | Birding, Photography
I finally made it through the hundreds of pictures that I shot in Peru. I have collected a sampling and posted them in Picasa Web Galleries. I created a Peru page with a bit of info about our trip. Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we enjoyed taking them....
by simpleDesigns | Feb 17, 2009 | Birding, Travel
I am back to sorting pictures from our Peru trip. I found a couple of good shots of the Ringed Kingfisher. One of our days on the river, we watched a dozen of these guys swooping in and out of a dirt ledge where they seemed to use holes in the bank for...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 13, 2009 | Birding, Photography, Travel
Today, I’m back on the road to a bird festival in northern Minnesota. Temps are predicted to be about 2-20 degrees for the weekend and I’ll be using a small camper for sleeping and hoping to see my first Great Gray Owl. If I freeze to death in Meadowlands, MN, Tina...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 12, 2009 | Birding, Photography
Tina and I took a break from work today, ran some errands and decided to try our luck at finding the Varied Thrush that has been reported this past week in Roseville. On our 1st pass, we saw 30 Cedar Wax Wings, but no thrush. On our 2nd pass, Tina found him working...
