The eastern phoebe is a common flycatcher that can be found in most of the eastern half of North America at one time of the year or another...

Now that it is April it will not be long before the spring migration reaches Minnesota. Already migrating waterfowl have begun to move into...

Well we got our first real snow of the year yesterday. Fortunately we missed the bulk of the storm, over in South Dakota some places receive...

The Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary is the best place to see black bears in Minnesota but it is also a pretty good place to do some birding...

The final weekend in June I spent a lot of time in the Minnesota Valley NWR . I started out up by the visitors center. I spent a lot of time...

I apologize for my lack of witty reporte on this post and the last. I am leaving shortly for a short trip and have been trying to get things...

On our way home from Crex Meadows we stopped at the St Croix National Scenic Riverway Marshland Center. The St Croix National Scenic River...

The nice weather continued on Sunday so Michelle and I made our first trek of the year up to Crex Meadows. Unfortunately most of the ducks...