Cooper's Hawk. This female just took a dive run by our sunflower feeder trying to catch a bird to eat. It missed and sat in the birch about 50 feet from the house.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 10:59 AM
Sunday, February 24, 2019
More dense snow. Hard to say how much as the wind is howling and the drifting is the worst we have seen in several years.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 9:22 AM
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Record snowfall for Feb. and more is falling today. The deer have taken to eating twigs and we have to fence all our trees and shrubs that are less than 6 feet tall.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 11:32 AM
Monday, February 18, 2019
Female Cardinal. The Female is in some ways just as striking as the male.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 2:02 PM
Male Cardinal outside our window today.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 1:06 PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Blue Jays love sunflower seeds.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 1:42 PM
After a 10 inch snowfall yesterday we had at least 9 Chickadees at our sunflower feeder at once. They come and go so quickly that there must have been more than just the 9 at one time.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 1:19 PM
Thursday, February 7, 2019
The snow really brings the Cardinals into our feeders.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 11:14 AM
I am not sure that Gabby enjoyed our morning walk today. We are getting a mix of sleet, snow, freezing drizzle.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 9:38 AM
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Our resident deer herd was about 3/8 of a mile down our driveway just before sunset today.
posted by NATURE NOTES OF S.E. MINNESOTA by Gary and Bobbie Erickson @ 6:08 PM
For years we have kept track of events such as the arrival of the first Hummingbird or the blooming of the first Marsh Marigold. We have now begun to photograph these events and felt others may be interested in what we run into in our "nature wanderings".
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