The great egret is a common bird through out much of the world. The most widely distributed egret they can be found in North and South Ameri...

When I was younger, maybe about 7 th or 8 th grade, I was down at the neighborhood pond when I saw a large white bird land in the reeds a...

If you are a fairly new visitor to Ecobirder you might be a bit confused. After all with a name like Ecobirder you are probably expecting ...

While I did take quite a few dragonfly pics at the Dodge Nature Center , when I visited in mid June, I did get a few bird pics too. Even th...

After doing some birding at Fort Snelling State Park on April 20th I headed down the Minnesota River a bit to the Minnesota Valley NWR to s...

On Sunday the 13 th I made one last stop and that was at Wood Lake Nature Center . That was were I spotted my first warbler of the year, a ...

On Saturday May 5th we had a bit of sun so I set out to do some birding. I decided to head down to Black Dog Lake , since most of the lake i...

Great Egret Venice Rookery

The Ding Darling Refuge on Sanibel Island is considered by many birders as the top birding location in the US. It was first set aside as th...

I arrived in the Quad Cities on Thursday a little bit before 4pm. That evening at 5pm was the opening reception at the Putnam Museum in Dave...

For the past couple weeks I have been in search of shorebirds migrating back through the area. The conditions where pretty good with a lot o...

On July 11th I received an e-mail from the Minnesota Ornithologists Union about an upcoming rally at the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge on July 14...