Believe it or not, this photo of a hunting Great Gray Owl was taken at dusk with what appeared to be a gray sky, The digital camera picked up the blue in the sky [January; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Red barn snowy field [February; Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis County, Minnesota]
An adult Bald Eagle jumps off a perch[December; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Crows roost on snags [December; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
American Three-toed Woodpeckers made a major invasion into northern Minnesota in 2006-2008. This is a male [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
A Gray Jay comes into a deer carcass [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Common Redpolls at feeding station [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Common Redpoll male [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Black-capped Chickadee [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Boreal Chickadee [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Boreal Chickadee eating some suet scrap [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Downy Woodpecker at suet feeder [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Pine Grosbeaks come south to northern states in winter [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Black-capped Chickadees must eat non-stop during cold winter days in order to maintain their 104 degree internal temperature [January; Admiral Rd, Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Common Redpolls also head "south" for the winter, only their south is southern Canada and northern U.S! [February; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Boreal Chickadee [March; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Boreal Chickadees, like other chickadees, are real acrobats [March; Sax-Zim Bog Minnesota]
Pine Grosbeaks come south to northern states in winter [March; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
A beetle infestation of Tamaracks has been a boon for American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers...and birders! [March; Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota]
Willow stems turn bright red or yellow (depending on species) in spring [April 8; Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis County, Minnesota]
American Bittern trying to hide [May; Sax-Zim, St. Louis County, Minnesota]