Blog - Ben & Tina's World

With colder than normal temps, lingering snow cover and spring migration in full swing, the backyard feeders have been quite busy over the past...

Winter birds in April

Pine Siskin and (Hoary) Redpoll With a prediction for one last spit of snow this evening, winter still lingers in Minnesota. The backyard and...

For several years I have tried to view the Yellow-headed Blackbird. This past weekend in the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in central...

On a recent trip to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in central Kansas, I was fortunate to see several new birds. Two of these were shorebirds...

While we were birding in the bog Saturday, Erik received reports of Boreal Owl sightings in Two Harbors. At least 3 different birds had been...

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...