I travel out to Rowe Sanctuary in Nebraska each year to spend a night or two in the photo blinds, along the Platte river with the sandhill cranes. It's a great experience to be right there as they come in for the night, and watching them take off the next morning. I highly recommend it! It's only a day's drive away. The weather was very warm and sunny, which made for some great sunset photo opportunities. I thought I'd share some of the photos here.
http://www.pbase.com/gymell/rowe_2012 Closer to home, my bluebird pair has built their nest in the backyard. I'm pretty sure it's the same pair from last year, since they know to come in for mealworms when I whistle. Along with chickadees, woodpeckers and cardinals who have also learned that trick. They all have me well trained. I had a chipping sparrow show up in the yard last week. Yesterday an eastern phoebe was scolding me over at Richardson Nature Center, during my volunteer shift there. Apparently I was taking too long to feed the hawk! -- Liz Stanley Bloomington, MN l...@lizstanley.com Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
