Naturesmart

Spring along Mississippi

I’ve just returned from leading a birding trip along the Mississippi River in Southeastern MN and western Wisconsin.

Woodchucks

There are so many things to look forward to each spring such as flowers, birds, green grass, blue skies, warm scent filled

Cats indoors

I am fortunate to have a job that allows me to travels to wild and scenic places all over the world. I get to see

Nesting Season

It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting

Turkey Feathers

I love spring. The colors, the smell, the sounds of singing birds. After a winter of gray skies, white landscapes

Kirtland’s Warbler

It is not often that I get the opportunity to see, photograph and study a new bird species. Recently I had the opportunity

Black Bear Mating

For the past three days I have been searching high and low for a few very special moment in time. I want to capture

Brown Bears

We all started to get nervous, very nervous. A pair of Alaskan Brown Bears was slowly making their way in our direction.

Alaska Part 2

In part 1 of my recent trip to coastal Alaska we had very close encounter with a mating pair of Brown Bears.

Chimney Swift

For over twenty years I have been wishing, hoping and wanting that Chimney Swifts would adopt my vacant chimney