A blue jay feeding on the rib cage of a deer.
A common redpoll sometimes sleeps under a blanket of snow.
Eating goober peas.
Rock on.
A trumpeter swan coming in for landing with its flaps down.
A trumpeter swan water skiing after landing.
Mallards are an easy way to find beauty in the commonplace.
A pair of trumpeter swans on their way to the chiropractor’s office.
Talking about a yellow cardinal on the radio.
I met the nicest trumpeter swan over the weekend.
A dispute between some shady trumpeter swans and other swans.
Three talkers find a listener.
The weather report for American tree sparrows said there would be snow on their tails.
This bald eagle in Park Rapids, Minnesota, was carved with a chainsaw.
A lovely painting of my favorite bird seen at Farm by the Lake (a retreat center) in Bagley,Minnesota.
A swan on wheels at Farm By The Lake retreat center in Bagley, Minnesota.
A Minnesota winter survival kit.
I live on this road. Actually, I live alongside this road.
The sun’s rays dance in the icy treetops.
“Look deep into my ice,” said the willow.
When a winter day gets too warm for me, I go birding on Lake Superior
Do birds fly upside down?
Accipiters consider a bird feeder to be a bird feeder.
Talking about critters on the radio.
Ice. The reason a willow weeps.
Ice caused each dead blade of grass to be reborn as a jewel.
The road was completely snow- and ice- covered. The temperature was 19° and it was misting/raining enough that I had to use my windshield wipers. Yet, I feel like a contest winner.
Nobody move! I’ve lost a contact.
The bills of starlings are turning yellow, a sign of spring.
An American dipper during the rushing water hour.
Another way of looking at winter is by looking at a house finch.
Ice fishing eagles.
This is the corner that spring is just around.
Year of the Bird.
To sleep or shave, that is the question.
A radio show in which I prattle about nature
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Chatter, natter and patter about nature on the radio.
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Forget Valentine’s Day. It’s National Bird-Feeding Month.
I’m always happy to be paid a visit by a red-winged blackbird.
The red-winged blackbird of winter is no fair-weather friend.
The Eldred Rock Lighthouse in the Lynn Canal south of Haines, Alaska.
Are you going to eat that?
My pilot and copilot were familiar figures.
