Getting into April, waterfowl were starting to show up in Minnesota. Many lakes were still ice-covered, but some of the smaller ones...

One big difference for my birding year this year is that I am not at all focused on county lines. For the previous few years, I have...

On March 23, birders in Minnesota were anticipating a wave of migrating waterfowl. My friend Pete Nichols noticed that weather...

I have gotten behind on my blog postings!! Expect a steady stream of blog postings over the next few days to get me caught up. On March...

Birding is definitely an activity where it pays to have good friends to help you find birds! After I got home from my birding trip on...

On Friday, Kellie had a number of things to do through the day, and she encouraged me to go birding and then we could meet each other for...

You may recall in January when I went on a chase after a report of Common Redpolls in my neighborhood. At that time, there were very few...

I was sitting at home sick today, and Kellie called me over - a raptor had just nabbed a bird and landed on the ice rink across the...

If it seems like it has been a long time since I've blogged here, it has. There are a few reasons for this - one is that the winter has...

Today I decided that I was going to take another crack at the airport and hope to get a Snowy Owl and possibly some Snow Buntings. I...

There has been a long-staying and reliable Carolina Wren frequenting a birders house in St. Paul. It has been on my wants list since the...

Earlier this week, I had a short bit of time and I decided to chase a report of a Common Redpoll right in my neighborhood. The report...

On Friday, I had some time in the afternoon to get out and go birding. I wanted to try for something uncommon, but I didn't have time or...

The first two days of 2019, I just stayed close to home and did some walking in the neighborhood. It was fun to try to find birds close...

I'm excited to announce that in 2019 I'm going to be doing a Green Big (Half) Year - one where I try to see as many bird species as...

Recently, we had the good fortune to attend the 25th edition of the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival - one of the largest bird festivals...