BIrds
There are so many unique and beautiful birds in this world. This portfolio focuses on North American birds, primarily those found in my home state of Minnesota.
Did you know that we have lost 2.9 billion birds since 1970? Habitat loss and degradation are the two biggest drivers in the decline of birds. Reversing this trend will take action on all fronts – from local and national land-use policies to individual actions we can all practice, such as planting native plants, keeping our cats indoors and making our windows safer. Check out 3 Billion Birds for ways you can help.
Sandhill cranes in flight
Song Sparrow
Sedge wren
Scarlet Tanager
Snowy Plover, Sanibel, Florida
Yellow-billed cuckoo
White-winged crossbill
Great gray owl atop a spruce in winter
Hooded warbler
Pair of Ring-necked ducks
Female pine Grosbeak
Peregrine Falcon in flight
Long-eared owl camouflaging himself by stretching to look like the tree trunk.
Semi-palmated plover on sand beach on Lake Superior
White crowned sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Horned lark in late spring snow
Male Spruce Grouse
Great gray owl in flight
Red-breasted merganser on Lake Superior
Pair of sandhill cranes call together as part of their bonding ritural
Great Gray Owl
Bohemian waxwing in mountain ash tree
Canada warbler
Common redpoll during snowfall
Northern Parula
Red-eyed vireo found in early successional forest
Common loon feeding it's chick
Pine warbler on branch of white pine tree
Common Merganser and her young
Northern Hawk Owl sitting atop a spruce tree
Black and white warbler
Barred Owl
Black-backed woodpecker
Bobolink in the prairie
Red Crossbill found in the boreal forest
Dark-morph rough-legged hawk in flight
Dickcissel
Golden-crowned kinglet
Golden-winged warbler
American Woodcock
Boreal Owl
Peregrine Falcon with Split Rock Lighthouse in the background
Peregrine Falcon
Juvenile peregrine flying over Lake Superior
The young females are now larger than dad and just as big as their mom.
Peregrine Falcon
Great Gray Owl Landing
Boreal Owl
Snowy Owl in Flight
Boreal Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Boreal Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Bald eagle on snag with fall colors behind her
Blackburnian Warbler in the boreal forest
Great Blue Heron with chicks
Piping Plover on Lake Superior Beach near Duluth, MN
White-crowned Sparrow
Male Ruby-throated hummingbird drinking nectar from gooseberry bush
Black Tern
Sora
Common Loon and Chicks
Western Grebes
Warbling Vireo
Barred Owl
Barred Owl
Female Spruce Grouse
Male Pine Grosbeak
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Winter Wren
Male Spruce Grouse
Black & White Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
White-winged Crossbill
American Golden Plover
Northern Harrier
Snow Bunting
Rough-legged Hawk
Tree Swallow
Pine Warbler gathering nest material
Female Pine Grosbeak
Redpoll
Double-crested Cormorants in Rookery
Scarlet Tanager
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Female Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Canada Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Shrike
Northern Hawk Owl
Boreal Owl
Boreal Owl
Boreal Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl
Eastern Meadowlark in native prairie
Bald Eagle & Eaglets
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher