Billikens, good luck charms carved from Alaskan ivory.
Never trust a buffalo (bison) wearing basketball shoes.
Wood carving of kestrel done by Josh Guge found in the Subway of the Marriott Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota.
Winter’s footprint remains.
The still jolly but sick of winter Green Giant as seen in Blue Earth, Minnesota.
At the Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska.
This Canada goose was a gaggle of one when seen in Rochester, Minnesota
this winter has had many winters.
This seat of higher learning was found at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa.
The Godahl Store started in 1894 and closed in 2016. This village in Minnesota was named by Norwegian immigrants—Goode Dahl meaning Good Valley. Nelson and Albin are names of local townships.
The world’s largest frying pan.
Audubon’s process involved shooting, mounting, drawing, dissecting
I had the feeling I was being watched.
The stop sign on a pine grosbeak.
This was used to spread manure before there was fake news.
From 1918 to 1935, Peter Rosendahl, a farmer from Spring Grove, MN, produced a Norwegian-American comic strip “Ola og Per” (“Ole and Peter”). Here are the main characters.
The police lineup from which I pointed out the culprit who had chewed up my new bird feeder.
Why I feel right at home in Haines, Alaska.
A statue of a birder in Salina, Kansas.
They label the roads here.
Edward Hopper
The weather report as seen at River Bend Nature Center in Faribault.
Taopi, Minnesota (Mower County) has a population of 58.
One of the reasons why not many people ride bear back.
Old windmills, like this one in South Bend, Nebraska, enchant me.
It won’t be long.
Have a few thoughts on me.
This junco came here for the nice weather
This song sparrow found nothing to sing about in the snowstorm.
A robin weathers the weather.
Red means stop and look.
A common grackle wears the face of winter.
The loveliness of a female cardinal is enhanced by the snow.
Observations about nature on the radio.
Birding on the radio
Not all black bears are black
Things always look better after the snowplow has gone by a few times.
The Dancing is for the Birds Class was not canceled due to snow.
It’s said that a robin needs three snows on its tail before it’s truly spring. This bird’s tail has seen more snows than that.
There I was, face-to-face with a cardinal, one of the least dangerous creatures in my yard, and all I had to defend myself with was a camera.
Some days, the world really ticks off a grackle
May will bring more than flowers.
Spring can be prickly.
I hugged spring once.
A white-winged dove, a bird I see regularly in Texas.
Driving the drive in Hibbing, Minnesota
Here I am birding at Sax-Zim Bog.
Winter in the rearview mirror.
A red squirrel (also known as a chickaree, pine squirrel and fairy diddle) gives me the look.
A gray jay (Canada jay, whiskey jack or camp robber) eating peanut butter.
A popular stop for tourists at Sax-Zim Bog.
Cockney sparra.
- A cockney sparra. - Al Batt/Albert Lea Tribune
A supermarket for termites.
A frustrated coyote hunting a roadrunner.
A coyote is an omnivore.
A black bear can hit 30 mph.
A pole-dancing opossum in my yard.
I went to Costa Rica to eat bananas. Bananas do most of their growing while pointing upwards.
A windmill, producing prairie winds for many years.
It will be a weird Thanksgiving this year.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Paul Bunyan.
Winter is beautiful. Sometimes it’s the most beautiful in a memory.
A nickname for the wood duck is the “acorn duck” because of its appetite for acorns
A northern shoveler carries the nicknames “spoonbill” and “smiling mallard.”
What are you looking at?
Ma and Pa Wood Duck.
It’s easy to be a Canada goose. One could do it with its eyes closed.
An elephant’s eyelashes.
With the temperature just north of 20°, song sparrows serenade the spring in my yard.
Harmony, Minnesota rocks
Black bear scat.
Made from Legos in Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa.
More Legos art from Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa.
Justa road in Morgan City, Louisiana.
The real estate taxes on muskrat houses have remained unchanged for many years.
A cardinal puts a bow on a feeder
Lake Mattamuskeet in North Carolina.
Talons and claws.
A bird feeder.
An American kestrel employed as an education bird in Lansing, Michigan.
Made from Legos at Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa.
What is that? Is that gluten?
A chickadee’s pecking order is covered in its employee handbook
The loveliness of a house sparrow.
This one found in Lamoni, Iowa, has to be the world’s largest loose meat sandwich if you can drive through it.
A sign of spring.
Thinking of my parents today.
There were days when it seemed like it.
Cows have changed over the years.
At the edge of the Jesse James farm outside Kearney, Missouri.
A Waffle House in Missouri.
A waffle I enjoyed in a Waffle House in Missouri.
A nuthatch clings to the world just as we all must.
Mulling over the muskrat situation on the radio.
Hawk watching basics for nuthatches
A bald-faced hornet nest will not be reused by the builders.
This beaver chased my canoe down the river. It’s funny now.
A mountain bluebird posed for me in Montana.
Birding on the radio.
Let’s talk about nature on the radio.
http://www.ktoe.com/2018/03/23/3-23-18-talk-of-the-town-with-al-batt/
I have been receiving severe scoldings from squirrels all day.
My wife leans in to hear a totem pole’s comments in Alaska.
A rather noisy photo of a local snowy owl.
Because I can never see too many Steller’s jays.
I can’t prove it, but I believe this cute, little red squirrel just said something bad about my mother.
The perfect gift for the handyman. Found at the Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska.
It’s this groundhog’s day.
Every road is eventually.
A Bigfoot I spotted near Rose Creek, Minnesota.
