Norm Emerson of St. James sent this photo of a common nighthawk.
Paul Godtland saw and photographed these.
Red knots
A magnolia warbler.
An eastern towhee. I still occasionally call it by its old name, the rufous-sided towhee. I hope it doesn't mind.
And a crayfish, crawdad, crawfish or mudbug.
An important food in Louisiana. Not in Minnesota. We have lutefisk.
Joyce Street of Hesper, Iowa, sent these two photos.
A chipping sparrow.
And a white-throated sparrow.
And Bob Guenther of Alden took these two.
A cedar waxwing.
And a brown thrasher.
Neil and Barb Lang sent these photos of nestling cardinals.
Joyce Street snapped a photo of a white-lined sphinx moth.
Gus Davis sent these photos of his method of discouraging barn swallows from building nests in undesirable places.
Daniel Otten sent this photo of maple bladder galls caused by mites. The damage to a tree is generally cosmetic. The galls turn from green to red to black.
Purple martins
One nest had seven eggs. I hope they all become flying purple martins one day.
Bob Hargis had this western tanager enter his home. It was caught and released unharmed.
Photo by Greg and Terry Tellier.
Pileated woodpeckers. Photo by Kent Gernander.
The male has a red "moustache." The female has a black one.
Harlingen, Texas.
photos by Greg and Terry Tellier.
Bryce Gaudian sent these photos of rough-legged hawks.
Photos of white-lined sphinx moths taken by Lee Smith.
A friend, John Beal, shared these photos of American kestrels.
Baltimore oriole males do have different looks.
It has no pockets to keep a hankie in.
A black and yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia). I would like her to be my friend.
Greg and Terry Tellier sent these photos from Arizona.
Mary Guggisberg of Freeborn spotted an American golden plover.
Tom and Kathy Sheehan of Emmons took these photos of a trumpeter swan dwarfing Canada geese and a bald eagle on a nest.
Tom Jessen of Madelia sent these photos of an ovenbird that tried to take a ride in his van, The bird was released unharmed.
Karen and Jerry Ibberson of Ellendale took this photo of a Wilson's warbler.
Neil Lang of Albert Lea caught this Cape May warbler at a feeder.
Linda Eisterhold of Austin snapped this picture of a gray catbird.
Erwin Hill captured this image of a Baltimore Oriole.
No matter what they are called, indigo buntings are lovely birds.
John Nelson of Good Thunder, MN saw this extended family yesterday.
Bryce Gaudian of Hayward snapped this photo of a pensive house sparrow.
A friend, John Beal, sent me this photo of baby chickadees, of which there are few things cuter.
I loved seeing this yellow-headed blackbird. My Dad called them mustard heads.
Chipmunks love grape jelly, too.
A female rose-breasted grosbeak is a lovely bird.
Carol Lang sent this photo of a bay-breasted warbler.
And Tom Jessen snapped photos of this Great Plains toad.
A white-throated sparrow is almost hidden. This beauty whistles, "Old Sven Peterson, Peterson, Peterson."
A nuptial tubercle on an American white pelican. This is a fibrous plate on the upper bill that falls off when the mating season is over. The bird's crest turns gray at that time.
