Bird vs. Fish

Ken Euers Nature

This time, we walked the opposite direction from the parking lot on the dike to the other impoundments. We kept to the outer edge of the preserve along the bay, and walked a bit into the wooded area past the impoundments before turning back.

Barkhausen

This evening, we walked the woodcock loop at L.H. Barkhausen waterfowl preserve.

Ken Euers

As both my partner and I are moving out of our apartments, we have relocated our “home” to an otherwise unoccupied house owned by his family. So, I’ll be spending the foreseeable future in Green Bay. I’m not going to lie, it was nice to change locations and scenery! Even just a long drive was […]

RODE Rec for eBird

Following the recommendations for recording birds, here are some relevant settings. On the main screen, click the microphone button and set the sampling rate to 48000 Create a new recording by clicking the + button Under Settings –> Input, turn off iOS processing

Rare Birds of St. Louis Co. MN – April

No, this isn’t an April fool’s joke! Willow ptarmigan has been spotted in the county historically this month.

Leif Erikson Park

Today, we crossed the bridge to access the trail that goes down to the lake. We walked down behind the outdoor stage and got to the shoreline before continuing to loop back.

Park Point

To keep us from going stir crazy, we’ve been frequenting the park at the end of the point (its namesake). Today, we crossed the dune at the parking lot next to the trail gate. We walked on the beach until the cold wind chased us back to our car.

Satyr Comma

Today marks the emergence of one of Wisconsin’s earliest butterflies from hibernation: the satyr comma! It’s a “little known” butterfly of northern forests. I’d love to see one, and I’m glad to start thinking about butterflies after this long winter.

Farm Roads

We spent our last morning in Arenal on the farm roads. We started the morning by walking down to white hawk villa, but backtracked after not finding much activity. On the trail just past Phil’s villa, we were pretty excited to be able to confidently separate 2 rufous mourners from the pihas we’d seen the […]

Arenal Observatory Lodge

Today was our only full day in Arenal, so we made it count! We were awakened by a common pauraque singing in the “nautical twilight” hours, which would bookend our day. We got to the observatory lodge at 6 AM and made our way on the “orange trails” to the garden. There, we saw our […]