I love to collect bones, feathers, and junk while hiking. In other ecosystems, I find small bits of bone, and an occasional feather. Human detritus along my trails includes sunglasses, a flip-flop, and shotgun shells. In ND, bones litter the prairies and I can spot them easily. Here are my prizes from this summer. Snake…
Sunday evening, my friend Don and I walked at a lake area/park south of town. Trees are not yet fully leafed out so we can still see nests, some vacated, some in use. I aimed my monocular at an especially large nest and discovered it was inhabited by a Great Horned Owl, sitting on her…
Before dusk on Sunday, a friend and I drove out in the country –just to get away and see what birds might be lurking. Alas! My first Snowy Owl. He was sitting on top of a power line pole, calmly scanning the ground for prey. I did not have my camera so the one below…