by simpleDesigns | Jan 28, 2013 | Birding
Last weekend, Tina and I spent a couple of days in Duluth to celebrate our anniversary. As part of the stay, I went to visit the Sax Zim bog for a day of winter birding. I have really had my heart set on finally seeing a Great Gray Owl and decided to hire a...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 10, 2013 | Birding
by simpleDesigns | Jan 10, 2013 | Birding
It’s been busy at the backyard feeders these past few weeks. Visitors this month include Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin, Downy, Hairy and Red-bellied Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, American Goldfinch, House Finch and Sparrows. The...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 8, 2012 | Birding, Travel
The Pel’s Fishing Owl is found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is classified as threatened in South Africa – where its numbers have dwindled due to loss of habitat and pollution – and is uncommon and localized elsewhere. The Okavango Delta of Botswana, however, provides one...
by simpleDesigns | Oct 31, 2012 | Birding
First found on 30 October by Tammy Holmer, this third Clark’s Nutcracker of the 2012 fall season has been very cooperative and easy to observe along County Road I, about 500 feet west of Hodgson Road. ‘Accidental’ in Minnesota – First...
by simpleDesigns | Sep 20, 2012 | Birding
We have had several warbler species through the back yard this month as fall migration flies south. her are a couple of shots of a young female Chestnut-sided Warbler playing in Tina’s fountain.
