Probably the most common raptor that we see around Minnesota, and one of the most common raptors found throughout North America, is the red-...

One of my goals for the past year or so has been to build a website to go along with the blog. My hope is that when it is finished the webs...

With all of the summer pics that I have been posting you might think that I am hibernating over the winter. Spending all winter sleeping in...

One of the dragonflies that I typically see late in the year is the Autumn meadowhawk . These dragons are often still flying into November,...

Photographed at the Como Zoo water garden.

From time to time I am able to take some time off of work. Frequently when I take a day or half day off it is on a Friday. This gives me an ...

With all of the lakes, rivers and other wet lands that we have around we see quite a few ducks her in the part of the world which I live in....

On the western border of Wisconsin, located right off of the Mississippi River north of the town of Alma, WI sits Rieck's Lake Park. ...

Dragonflies are fierce predators through out their life. Most of a dragonflies life is spent under water in their larval form. This typicall...

From the Como Zoo water garden.

This is a female saffron-winged meadowhawk . The identifying characteristic is the gold or saffron color of the veins on the leading edge o...