Wisdom comes through trial and error…you learn what works and what doesn’t. And you learn by watching others. With the most recent winter weather, this young eagle may have experienced windchills in the -30 F range for the first time. All the eagles seemed to disappear into the heavy woods and timber for a day … Read more
When the winter weather gets bad and the frigid winds start howling out of the North, many birds will seek shelter in various ways. Woodpeckers and Flickers will get on the downwind side of a tree trunk and just hunker into it. It’s still cold of course…but the windchill is buffered a bit…and every little … Read more
Experience counts for a lot on the big river. When a Bald Eagle earns its white head and tail…you know it’s learned a thing or two about survival. Unlike the brown juvenile birds, the adults don’t tend to waste energy…especially during bad weather. They hunt and fish with purpose, and use their knowledge of the … Read more
Out well before dawn, looking for eagles on the quickly thawing ice…but the baldies were uncooperative. Instead, I spent breakfast with a couple of Kingfishers. The light and the photographs were not very good, but the experience was grand. This male caught six fish in a row, diving not too far out in front of … Read more
Not long ago I was sitting in my truck at a nearby marsh…waiting for some swans to do something interesting. An old man drove up and stopped to say hello. He noticed the camera and asked, “what do you do with your pictures?” I initially replied, “not much really”. And he looked surprised. But I … Read more
