Photography

Enjoying the full moon on a cold MN night ..

At Medicine Lake, Plymouth, MN

Nov 1, 2014

Taken with a Sony Cybershot camera

Education:

There are 2 subspecies of Bald Eagle. They are nearly identical in ID marks. The only major difference is geographic range. This is in MN so it has to be a Northern Bald Eagle. Most birds do not have distinct subspeciest that can be recognized in field, however others can have several. Most of these can be easily found in a comprehensive bird guide such as the Sibleys Guide to Birds of North America.

The subspecies are in fact completely identical in plumage, and are distinguished only by size, with the northern population on average somewhat larger than the southern one. However, size may vary in clinal fashion, and it is not clear from the data that members of either population stay solely within their roughly-defined regions. (I’d be surprised if they did!) In other words, Bald Eagle subspecies are not well defined and may not truly exist biologically speaking.

What do you see?

What do you see?

Wild plants arranged by nature, nice colors…

At the MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge .. Nov 2, 2014

Nature-made water colors …

rippled reflections

A Red-tailed Hawk soaring high, riding the thermals, looking down for food

At the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, in Bloomington

Nov 2, 2014

Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 MP D-SLR Camera with a 75-300 canon lens

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This little bird stayed with me, and he moved to a branch only 15 ft away so my zoom camera was happy and I got nice and crispy photos

I’m watching you, you see me up here?

Nuthatch in all her/his glory

Nov. 2, 2014

Minnesota valley national wildlife refuge

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Yum!

Blink blink

Windy day

Do I look like a woodpecker?

Pink / orange monkey butt

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A nuthatch keeping an eye on me as he (or she) fed

at the Minnesota wildlife refuge in Bloomington

Nov. 2, 2014

Wild Turkeys – Richardson Nature Center

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Shot Jan 03, 2011 :: Richardson Nature Center, Bloomington, MN

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The first snow storm of the season caused many tree branches and at times full trees to break and fall.
As it snowed heavy wet snow, driving became unpleasant and most people stayed indoors.
That’s a sign it is time to head out and enjoy this winter wonderland.

These are some photos of the massive beauty of a snow-covered world, taken during snow fall

November 13, 2010 in Minnetonka, MN

Trail entrance

A heavy wet burden

Fallen tree branches, with one perfectly lined in the middle of the trail

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Full moon, behind down town Minneapolis, with a frozen lake Calhoun.

Photo taken from lake Calhoun on January 28, 2010 at dusk.

The moon was not directly behind Minneapolis, with some photoshop magic I moved the moon to behind the buildings.

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December 2004, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Shot with a Lumix DMC-FZ7  6 Megapixel 12x Optical zoom Digital Camera

A Minnesota lake on December 2004

Shot with a Lumix DMC-FZ7  6 Megapixel 12x Optical zoom Digital Camera

January 2004, Mankato MN

Shot with a Lumix DMC-FZ7  6 Megapixel 12x Optical zoom Digital Camera

Animals in captivity at the Minnesota Zoo

January 2004

Shot with a Lumix DMC-FZ7  6 Megapixel 12x Optical zoom Digital Camera

Very much a ‘natural’ phenomena?

Shot February 2004, while driving on highway 169 somewhere between the Twin Cities and the town of St. peter

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Wind and snow… resemble desert sands

2003

This is a collection of photos I took back in the year 2000, in a small town called ‘Orange City’ in Iowa. Some are on the campus of NorthWestern College, the last photo was during the Tulip Festival.

Chapel

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