Photo of the Week 22
I almost didn’t post this photo. It ticks some boxes of a decent wildlife photo: it has a decent foreground, good framing, two subjects in a good pose. But I feel like something is missing. Yet I like it, so you get to see it.
Photo of the Week 21
This great gray owl is from our trip to Minnesota that didn’t make it into the trip report post. Mostly, I was too busy complaining to show off the really cool photos that I got while I was there.
Photo of the Week 20
Check out this gorgeous red-shouldered hawk that Mia spotted as we we driving through one of the metroparks by our house. We see a lot of red-tailed hawks in the winter, so seeing another reddish brown, similarly sized bird of prey is a nice change of pace.
Photo of the Week 19
You just can’t beat a sandhill crane. Let alone five. Mostly because they’d fly away before you ever got close.
Photo of the Week 18
I figured it was time to re-ignite this series. I wanted to get a good backlog of images together so that I could post more regularly, so keep yourselves an eye out for more. This here, as you may know, is a blue jay. I don’t get too many good images of blue jays, so …
Sax-Zim Bog
Among the forests of northern Minnesota is a birding mecca called Sax-Zim Bog. In the years that I have been birdwatching, I have repeatedly heard tales of and seen pictures from Sax-Zim, where other local birders go to see rare arctic species that have made their way down during the colder months. The biggest attraction …
Photo of the Week 17
I had some time to kill one morning while waiting for some stores to open, so I took a drive around Grosse Ile. Before too long I found myself on a dirt road face to face with this fella.
Photo of the Week 16
Okay, yes, it has been a while. Life is busy and I have finally got myself out to photos for the first time in what feels like forever. It turns out a lot of the birds have gone south for the winter, but quite a few have remained. Here is a tufted titmouse that has …
Photo of the Week 15
Image appears to be a butterfly on a flower. Butterfly appears to be thirsty and the flower appears to be tasty. I have definitely been lax about getting posts out weekly. I really dragged my feet on the last backyard field guide, I think I was a little tired of learning about trees to be …
Eastern Redcedar
What is it? It’s eastern redcedar. That’s not a typo, redcedar is apparently all one word. What do the nerds call it? Juniperus virginiana, meaning Virginian juniper Who is it related to? Cupressaceae, or, the cypress family which includes red and white cedars, giant sequoia, as well as coast and dawn redwoods. How can you …