 Clare, Eric and I... they were visiting all the way from Indiana! |
 The birding group I showed around, visiting from NW Wisconsin! |
 Some of the birders from NE Wisconsin |
 Birding buddies and guides! |
 Two birders I guided around Monday morning. They were visiting from New Jersey |
 Dinner with the birders that I guided Monday afternoon |
 Walking through a bog in Aitkin County, during the Sax-Zim Bog festival |
 Seth guiding the birders around at the Sax-Zim Festival |
 Hoar Frost in Sax-Zim Bog |
 Black-backed Woodpecker |
 Black-backed Woodpecker |
 Black-capped Chickadee |
 Mad Bald Eagle |
 Rough-legged Hawk, soaking up the early morning rays |
 Rough-legged Hawk (adult male) dark morph |
 Rough-legged Hawk (adult male) dark morph |
 Adult male light morph Rough-legged Hawk. So speckled and pale! |
 Adult male light morph Rough-legged Hawk |
 Adult male light morph Rough-legged Hawk. So speckled and pale! |
 White-winged Crossbill. Adult male |
 White-winged Crossbill |
 Hoary Redpoll (right) and Common Redpoll (left) |
 Hoary Redpoll (lower left) and Common Redpoll (upper right) |
 Two Hoary Redpolls and two Common Redpolls. Can you pick them out? :-) |
 Hoary Redpoll in the foreground |
 Hoary Redpoll backside (right) and Common Redpoll (left) |
 Hoary Redpoll... so frosty, tiny-billed and beautiful! |
 Hoary Redpolls |
 Ruffed Grouse |
 Rough-legged Hawk (adult male) light morph |
 Glaucous Gull... "I'm from the arctic, and I'm frosty-beautiful!" |
 Glaucous Gull |
 Glaucous Gull coming in for a landing |
 Great Black-backed Gulls, with three Glaucous Gulls |
 Gulls! |
 Gulls! |
 Thayer's Gull, coming in to check out the adult Glaucous Gull (back) and Herring Gulls |
 Adult Glaucous Gull with Herring Gull |
 Herring Gull... You can't see me |
 Herring Gull... Peek a Boo |
 Herring Gull. American Race, or too pale? |
 Herring Gull. American Race, or too pale? |
 Female Hooded Mergansers with the Common Goldeneyes |
 Hooded Merganser x Common Goldeneye hybrid, with Common Goldeneyes |
 Hooded Merganser x Common Goldeneye hybrid, with Common Goldeneye |
 Thayer's Gull (middle) surrounded by Herring Gulls |
 Thayer's Gull... "whatcha doing down there, Herring Gull?" |
 Thayer's Gull flying overhead |
 Thayer's Gull |
 Thayer's Gull |
 Thayer's Gull |
 Thayer's Gull |
 Thayer's Gull |
 Thayer's Gull 1st-cycle |
 Thayer's Gull (1st-cycle) coming in for a landing |
 Thayer's Gull (1st-cycle) |
 Thayer's Gull (1st-cycle) |
 Great BB Gull (front), Thayer's Gull (middle), Herring Gull (back) |
 Snow Owl - adult male |
 Snow Owl - adult male |
 Snow Owl - adult male |
 Snowy Owl |
 Snowy Owl at civil twilight |
 Adult Glaucous Gull |