A hedgehog gall.

Photo by Randy Chirpich of Fairmont. 

 

It's a hedgehog gall that shows up on the leaves of white oaks. It's cosmetic, not lethal. Inside the gall, a tiny wasp is developing.

It's a hedgehog gall that shows up on the leaves of white oaks. It's cosmetic, not lethal. Inside the gall, a tiny wasp is developing.

CraneFest

I spoke at CraneFest in Michigan and encountered some beautiful education birds there. 

A Eurasian eagle-owl. 

A Eurasian eagle-owl. 

And American kestrel. 

And American kestrel. 

A red-tailed hawk. 

A red-tailed hawk. 

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Pelican Breeze

It is my great pleasure to be a narrator on this fine boat that floats upon Albert Lea Lake. 

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