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The Home Life of Woodpeckers » Hairy Woodpecker baby peeks out of cavity CR8 Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_0036982

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker nest St. Louis Co MN IMG_3201
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker nest St. Louis Co MN IMG_3201
 July 4, 2014  Sparky Stensaas

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    [Feb 13, 2021] Those talons!...Yikes. But on this day along a rare unfrozen stretch of the Mississippi River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Eagle was only using its formidable feet to pluck small 6-8” long fish from the water.
    [Jan 17, 2021] One of TWELVE Spruce Grouse in one covey. This guy was slowly working his way towards the tip of an eye level Jack Pine branch, plucking needles as he went. Their entire winter diet is the needles of Jack Pine and spruces...Yummy! Superior National Forest, Minnesota. This is actually a single video frame extracted from a video clip. [Canon R5 with Canon 100-500mm lens at 428mm; f6.3] #sprucegrouse #superiornationalforest #borealbirds #minnesotawildlife #sparkystensaas #thephotonaturalist #canonr5wildlife #birdsofinstagram #borealbeauty
    [Feb 13, 2021] It appears this immature Bald Eagle is about to have a Goldeneye lunch, but the eagles hunting this open patch of the Mississippi River during the Polar Vortex were actually plucking fish after fish from the water. Minus 25 F windchill. Frozen toes, frozen fingers. Southwest Wisconsin. Converted to black and white. [Canon R5 with Canon 100-500mm lens at 500mm; 1/800 second at f8; ISO 125; handheld] #creativewildlife #creativewildlifephotography #blackandwhitewildlife #mississippiriverwild #mississippiriverwildlife #baldeagle #wisconsinwild #wisconsinwildlife #eaglesofinstagram #thephotonaturalist #sparkystensaas #birdsofinstagram #canonr5wildlife #frozenfingers
    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
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