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Dream Come True: Witness to a Great Gray Owl nest » Great Gray Owl nestling Hedbom Rd Aitkin Co MN IMG_7410

Great Gray Owl nestling Hedbom Rd Aitkin Co MN IMG_7302
Great Gray Owl nestlings in nest Hedbom Rd Aitkin Co MN IMG_6410
 July 8, 2013  Sparky Stensaas

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    Feb. 21, 2021-Red-breasted Mergansers and ice. Ducks that winter on Lake Superior include Common Goldeneyes, Red-breasted Mergansers and Long-tailed Ducks. [Agate Bay on Lake Superior, Two Harbors, Minnesota; Canon R5 with Canon 100-500 at 400mm with 1.6 crop option selected; 1/400 second at f16; ISO 640; handheld] #redbreastedmerganser #lakesuperiorwild #lakesuperiorwildlife #creativewildlife #thephotonaturalist #sparkystensaas #twoharborsmn
    Vole-hunting Northern Hawk Owl in Minnesota’s Sax-Zim Bog. Only one around this winter but I couldn’t find it yesterday. This beauty from 2011 [January 4, 2011; Nikon D300 with 70-200mm f4 lens at 140mm; 1/2500 second at f4; ISO 400; McDavitt Road, Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis County, Minnesota] #northernhawkowl #hawkowl #huntofthehawkowl #saxzim #saxzimbog #bogdiversity #borealbirds #owlaboutminnesota #invasionofthevolesnatchers #thephotonaturalist #sparkystensaas #minnesotawildlife #birdsofminnesota
    Mallards in motion. 1.3 second exposure on tripod; tungsten color balance; Minus 12F on Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota; Dec 8, 2007 #mallards #tungstenwildlife #duluthmn #lakesuperiorwildlife #thephotonaturalist #creativewildlife #creativewildlifephotography #sparkystensaas
    Boreal Chickadees are much more handsome in real life than depicted in bird books. Here you can compare the more common Black-capped in the foreground with its rarely seen brown-capped cousin, the Boreal Chickadee. [2013; Admiral Road feeders in Sax-Zim Bog; northeast Minnesota; Canon 7D with Canon 400mm f5.6 lens; 1/1600 second at f5.6; ISO 640] #borealchickadee #borealbirds #bogdiversity #saxzimbog #saxzimwild #thephotonaturalist #chickadees #admiralroadfeeders #powerofpeanutbutter #sparkystensaas #minnesotawildlife
    Wonderfully adapted to winter survival in the boreal forest! We call this critter an Ermine (pronounced “urr-minn” not “urr-mine”) once it turns white for winter. In its brown summer coat it is called Short-tailed Weasel. They hunt voles and mice, their long skinny body allowing them to access their subnivean tunnels. They are not above feasting on suet and deer rib cages at feeding stations such as this one at the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center in 2013. [March 1, 2013; Canon 7D with Canon 400mm f5.6 lens; 1/1000 second at f5.6; ISO 640; handheld] #ermine #shorttailedweasel #saxzimbog #saxzimwild #bogdiversity #thephotonaturalist #sparkystensaas #minnesotawildlife #borealforest #cutekiller #volesnatcher #whiteonwhite #weaselpower #saxzimbogwelcomecenter
    [January 28, 2019; Admiral Road feeders in Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota] at least three different Pine Marten coming to the feeders during the winter of 2018-2019. This winter there are at least two different Marten. But they are only-sporadically seen. How can a squirrel killer be so cute? Of course these guys mainly come to the feeding station for the peanut butter put out for the Canada Jays :-) [Canon 7D with Canon 400mm f5.6 lens; 1/500 second at f5.6; ISO 200] #pinemarten #pinemartens #americanmarten #borealforest #cutekiller #saxzimbog #saxzimwild #bogdiversity #thephotonaturalist #sparkystensaas #admiralroadfeeders
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