Category Archives: Year 9

Download Snowy w/o Charge!

Year 9

The second edition of Snowy’s Search for Color is at the printer. The end result is you may now download the second edition PDF at no charge. Unfortunately printed copies of Snowy will not be available till mid January.

I always give away PDF full versions of my children’s owl picture books. Thus, here are the two pages from which to get a free copy of Hoot or Snowy for the Holidays and view “online extras” about Snowy and Great Horned Owls.

Now it’s time to hunker down. Up to two feet of snow are expected in the next 48 hours as a winter storm bears down on the Northland.

As a fyi … compared to the first edition, the second edition has two additional pages, one totally reworked page, and further optimized images. In addition, the online extras page on this site for Snowy Owls was created.

Bald Eagles Think 4 Year Old Toddlers are Scary!

Year 9

Two days ago I was birding near a favorite spt, an old apple farm which is a bit inland from Lake Superior. The Bald Eagle pictured here was hunting at the farm until some toddlers came out to play. Uff dah! Little kids are scary! The sequence duration of photographs is no more than a two seconds.

Small Humans Spotted

Raise Wings … Rotate into the Wind

Take-Off

Final Close of of the Bald Eagle

Note: Large birds will almost always take-off into the wind.

Ash Seeds Served!

Year 9

Unlike last winter, there is a bumper crops of mountain ash berries, pygmy crab apples and ash tree seeds. Pine Grosbeaks are around the Northland in significant numbers, but not visiting feeders much due to all the natural food. I find the best time of day to find lots of Pine Grosbeaks is around “9 ish” in the morning. Both the Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls will “grit up”, and then you can inspect what is on the menu that morning. I saw these birds two mornings ago.

Pine Grosbeak Eating Ash Seeds

Bohemian Waxwings on Nichols Lake Road

Ruffed Grouse

Pine Grosbeak Eating Ash Seeds (video link for email subscribers)