birding

One of the most interesting aspects of birds is their flocking behavior. Of course, it isn't just birds that flock; other animals also gather together in large numbers. Over the...

The old boar black bear was weak from hunger and loss of weight as he hauled himself out of his winter den below the cedar root mass. Time has taken...

The four basic requirements of wildlife, not to mention our own, are food, water, shelter and space. If any of the elements of survival are missing, then the ability to...

On a recent drive through the countryside of western Clearwater County, I caught sight of one of Minnesota's largest birds -- certainly the tallest. A pair of sandhill cranes was...

Mae Norton Morris, a poet, probably wrote it best when she described her encounter with a nuthatch: "I saw a nuthatch on a tree Going round and round. It made...

I saw a couple of old friends recently. A boisterous and bold pair, I've always marveled at not only their airborne antics, but their aggressive nature as well. Outwardly they...

More than 40 different species of birds and animals utilizes ditches for nest sites, food, and cover. Wildlife such as cottontail rabbits, meadow voles, mallards, common yellowthroats, western meadowlarks and...

I miss the song of the house wren. The chirping, bubbly and incessant song - nearly as persistent a singer as the red-eyed vireo - is a birdsong that I...

Every year around this time, American black bears find themselves in "sticky" situations. Perhaps it's a raid on an apiarist's bee yard, or an untimely head-dive into a campground garbage...

Late on a recent star-lit June night, after enjoying another campfire near the lake, it came time to turn in. Over the course of the hours after dark while sitting...

Minnesota has probably more than 150 different species of fishes swimming in its waters. Of the 26 or so families of fishes in Minnesota, the minnow family, Cyprinidae, is the...

I was just a boy canoeing the Crow Wing River when I witnessed for the first time in my life the dive of an osprey. The great bird had apparently...

Everything we purchase these days, from groceries to gasoline, is taking larger bites out of our incomes. The same is true when buying birdseed. Black oil sunflower seed is as...

It was only about two months ago when I took inventory of all my wood duck nest boxes. It's always interesting to me to learn what species of wildlife was,...

Few things in life are more pleasurable to me as listening to the calls of the wild. Whether it be the distinctive territorial tap-tap-tapping call of the yellow bellied sapsucker...