March was a slow month for
photos since I spent a good part of the month traveling to outreach programs,
and then on my days off bad weather limited my photo opportunities. However, I
did manage to come up with a few photos worth sharing.
The first photo was a
complete surprise. Every year for
the last three years WBS has had a wild Barn
Owl that visits our captive Barn Owls for a few days, and then goes on its
way. Over the years many staff
members have seen it. I have gone
looking for this bird many times in the past and
have had no luck--then there was this year!
As
I was getting ready to leave for an out of town program I left my
apartment with hands full, and suddenly saw a
pair of big light brown wings fly away.
I dropped everything, grabbed the camera and binoculars out of my bag,
and keeping my eyes on the bird further out in
the woods, I spied a beautiful Barn Owl.
I quickly took a handful of photos, then called Catherine Redfern, WBS’s
development coordinator, so that she could see a
wild American Barn Owl. Then I
called Jeff Meshach, WBS’s director, and he had
a chance to see the bird in time for it to fly further into the woods. This Barn Owl was seen at least one
other time by Catherine, so we know it stuck around for a few days and then
most likely moved on.
The next two photos were
taken up in Hastings Minnesota at Carpenter Nature Center during my short
snowshoe hike. The day was very
sunny with mild temperatures and a good amount
of snow, so great for snowshoeing.
I have tried this only twice, and both times was at Carpenter Nature
Center. I can tell you that if I
lived up north I would totally take up snowshoeing. It is so much fun.
Snowshoeing is a great way to get winter photos
I took a few very pretty
scenery shots. The first shot is
looking out over a field with twin oak trees--very pretty.
See if you can spot the eagle nest in this photo
The next was a shot
looking over the frozen river. If
you look closely you can see a dot in the
photo that is a Bald Eagle nest, which brings me to the last photo that is a
Bald Eagle sitting on the nest.
Bald Eagle on a nest
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