As I’ve mentioned in prior posts, my Audubon Wingscapes feeder cam doesn’t really focus closely. It claims the range is 18-23″, but to get a crisp photo, you really need to be at the far edge of that range. Alas, the mounting arm I bought specifically for this camera is pretty short. I decided to mount […]

Happy Earth Day! Go birding 🙂 gray partridge yellow rail black-legged kittiwake I’m moving my feeder cam to the ground, in part because of logistics but in part inspired by the prevalence of possible feeder bird rarity records this time of year that forage on the ground. For example… hermit warbler black-throated sparrow Baird’s sparrow […]

We walked down to spring trail pond in the arboretum this evening, and there was a garter snake slithering through the underbrush at the wood edge!

It’s a beautiful day in the high 70’s (!!!) in northern Minnesota today! I’ve been in Duluth for the weekend and it’s the first sign of spring here. These are the warmest temps of the year so far. I parked across Hwy 23 from a trail head and took a long walk on Spruce Trail. […]

yellow rail: YERA is now returning to breeding territories long-billed curlew

black-throated sparrow

In WordPress, the row of icons I like is often called the service bar, though it has other names too. Oftentimes, they’re built in as “font awesome” icons, which are great. Since the icons are so friendly, I like the idea of clicking them as buttons themselves. I also need the flexibility to specify whatever […]

Here it continues: one of the hardest parts about picking a theme is that, as I mentioned in a prior post, the “live preview” is often not helpful. You need to have your site setup just the right way, and even so, there still may be settings to change before you get a sense of […]

These are some rare species that have been found historically in the state during the first week of April. ancient murrelet Very rare but possible feeder birds… black-throated sparrow

I don’t want a banner or slider that takes up the whole front page. I want visitors to see content and not just a pretty picture dominating the screen when they first visit my site. So, some themes I might otherwise like aren’t quite what I’m looking for… Pinnacle Dispatch Personal Portfolio Innovation Lite