At the beginning of April I decided to take a short trip down to Nebraska to see the sandhill cranes. I had already been offered a job ...

 This Tuesday will mark the seventh year anniversary of the Ecobirder blog. I began the blog on Earth Day in 2007. In October of the 2007 ...

Like most areas east of the Mississippi the peregrine falcon population was wiped out by DDT. DDT was a chemical insecticide that was ori...

On the northeast side of Yellowstone National Park, Tower Creak plunges 132 feet on its way to converge with the Yellowstone River. Tower ...

The lower falls is the larger section of the two part Yellowstone Falls. The Yellowstone River leaves Yellowstone Lake and heads north. I...

Yellowstone has more geological features that any where else in the world. A great deal of the park is on top of the Yellowstone Caldera....

The Lamar Valley is a long valley that sits in between flowing hills on the northeast side of Yellowstone National Park. The valley follo...

 Yellowstone is the only place in the lower 48 states of the US where bison have roamed continually. Over 3000 bison roam the park. They a...

The most iconic landmark in Yellowstone is Old Faithful. We usually stop by Old Faithful when we are at Yellowstone to photograph the bird...

 Michelle and I spent the last week driving around Yellowstone photographing wildlife. The weather was really a mixed bag. Things started ...

Crex Meadows in west central Wisconsin is a great place to go to find and photograph some unusual early season butterflies. Last year I we...

Well the wave of warblers that I have been hoping for this past month finally hit this weekend. Even though it was a bit chilly it was sun...

Back in 2001 Michelle and I took a trip to Alaska. It was awesome. The scenery and the wildlife was absolutely amazing. We spent 3 days on...

 So after a very long winter this weekend's weather was almost perfect, at least on my scale. We had mostly sunny days with highs in t...

Minnehaha Falls is a popular landmark in south Minneapolis.  The Minnehaha Creek begins at Lake Minnetonka in the western suburbs of Minne...

 I am looking forward to going back to Yellowstone National Park next month. For many people like myself, who fall in love with the park, ...

 I am not much of a sports fan. I usually have better things to do, other then an occasional football game. It does not help that most of ...