by simpleDesigns | Jun 2, 2009 | Birding, Photography
I hope you enjoy these pics half as much as I enjoyed taking them. This is a Le Conte’s Sparrow found this morning at the restored Benson Prairie in White Bear Township on a St. Paul Audubon bird walk. From Cornell: “…the Le Conte’s Sparrow is difficult to see...
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...
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 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...
