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WACOUTA NATURE NOTES

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Frozen River

3 Year Old Eagles

Kite Skiing

Kite Skiing

Ice Shelf

Beaver Lodge

Beaver Scent Pile

River Otter

Trumpeter Swans

Highbush Cranberries with Hoarfrost

Pileated and Downy Woodpeckers

Common Merganser

Common Goldeneye

Mergansers and Goldeneyes

Hen Mallard with Shad

Adult Bald Eagle

Lake Pepin Ice

Otter Slide

P1060540

P1060537

P1060516

P1060560

P1060586

P1060572

P1060579

110_110

firstsnow

bigtoothedaspen

oakhill

virginsbowerflower

excavation

seedspreader

prairieseeds

spreadingseeds

crowsfeeding

oaktrees

newprairie2

newprairie

wacoutahighwater

highwater

sleepingbeaver

awakebeaver

adultredtailedhawk

lakepepin

P1060355

P1060356

P1060330

P1060348

P1060364

P1060376

P1060392

P1060381

P1060335

monarch

purpleloosestrife

mariafassano

mothlarva

sandhillcrane

blueheron

doublerainbow

woodduckhens

doeandfawn

leastsandpiper

greenheron

canadageese

waterlily

woodduck

young deer

Monarch Butterfly

P1060148

P1060143

P1060143

joepye

purpleprairieclover

dragonfly

greatspangledbutterfly

whitemulberries

prairieflowers

youngbuck

raccoon

highwater

Rattlesnake Bluff and Soybean Field

Spiderwort

Monarch Butterfly and Red Clover

Blackberry Flowers

Pale Purple Coneflower

Male Bluebird

Adult Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan with Cygnets

Butterfly

Geese and Goslings

Goslings searching for food

Male Redstart

Orioles Feeding

Scarlet Tanager

Immature Bald Eagle

Fox Kits

Fox Kit

Fox Kits

Pasque Flower

Bloodroot

White Pelicans

White Pelicans Feeding

Muskrat

Hooded Merganser

Great Blue Heron

Nesting Blue Heron

Map Turtles

P1050486

P1050487

P1050496

P1050601

Pussy Willows

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Sapsucker holes

P1050561

P1050578

Flooded Field

Fish Kill

Scavenging Gulls

Conference Caw

Nesting Eagle

Maple Sap

Flueger Family

Skunk Cabbage Flower

Spring Floods

Snow Drifts on Road Sign

White Tailed Deer

Springs

P1050341

Snow Sculpture

Snow Drifts

P1050346

Bird Feeder

Mourning Dove

Negative 30

-22 Degrees over Red Wing Riverfront

Canada Winter Rye

Killdeer

Blue Jay

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Black-Capped Chickadee

White-Tailed Deer

Ice Floe

Ice Heave

Beaver Lodge and Feed Pile

Beaver Cuttings

kayaking

1980 ELC Kayakers

1987 ELC kayakers

Arial View

Canyon Kayakers

Sunrise over Lake Pepin

Adult Trumpeter swan

Mallard Reflections

Boatload of Carp

Commercial Fisherman

Fish Transport

Low Clouds over Lake Pepin

P1050105

P1050099

P1050077

European Starling

P1050092

Berries on Red Cedar

Feeding Waxwing

P1050083

ReflectionR

Hunter's Moon

Prairie

Ice Sculpture

Tundra Swan

Swans Resting

Swans eating and Resting

10 Point Buck

P1050065

Weather Stick

Wacouta Fall Colors

Rattlesnake Bluff

Sumac Leaves

Shaggy Mane Mushroom

Paper Wasp Nest

Snowstorm Hummer

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

White Pelicans

Monarch and Aster

Sulfur Shelf Mushroom

Wacouta Bay Sedges

Smartweed

Water Parsnip

White Pelican Preening

Cardinal Flower

Bur-Marigold

P1040825

Sunrise over Wacouta Bay

Orange Sun

Lily

Robin eating Mountain Ash Berries

Jack-in-the-Pulpit berries

Elderberries

Wild Cucumbers

Wild Cucumber Fruit

P1040792

Paddle through the Fog

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Bald Eagle

Solitary Sandpiper

Ring-Billed Gull

River Otters

Raccoon

Bank Erosion

Sandhill Crane

Beaver

Snapping Turtle

Hummingbird Nestlings

Wacouta from Rattlesnake Bluff

Greater Crested Flycatcher

Four Point Buck

Indigo Bunting

Swift Chimney

Prairie Flowers

Monarch Larvae

Bullsnake on Robin's Nest

Bullsnake and Nestling

Male Swallowtail Butterfly

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Nest Box for Flycatcher

P1040453

falcon

rappelling

western tanager

cattle egret

pond

hen

jump

Hen with Brood of Ducklings

Journey to the River

Lighthouse Island

Rattlesnake Bluff Shrouded in Fog

Floodwater Canoeing

Silver Maple Flower

Canada goose Nesting

Solitary Sandpiper Feeding

Male Indigo Bunting

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

P1040304

Canvasback, Redheads and Scaup

Scaup

Common Loon

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Crow and Blue Heron

Tree Swallows

Hungry Deer

Barn Bluff Hikers

Highway 63 Bridge Construction

Weeping Willow

Spring View of Wacouta

Wacouta Eagle Nest

Tundra Swans

Drake Ring-Necked Duck

P1040151

P1040133

P1040136

Prescribed Fire

White-tailed deer

Barred Owl

Owl feet

Fresh Beaver Cuttings

Emergency Exit

Northern Cardinal

Male Bluebird

Sapsicle

American Robin

Deer Trails on Rattlesnake Bluff

Otter Slides

Mourning Dove

Snowy Owl

Raccoon Tracks

Gray Squirrel in Feeder

Dead Eagle

Skiing in a Snowstorm

NOAA Weather Balloon

ski Trail

Colvill Park

Nine Eagles in one Tree

Spotting scope

Cooper's Hawk

Cross Country Ski Trail

P1030836

P1030819

P1030877

P1030841

P1030836

P1030819

Sea Smoke

Female Northern Cardinal

Otter Slide

Otter Entrance to Abandoned Lodge

New Lodge and Feedpile

Breather Hole in Lodge

Coyote Tracks and Urine

Point No Point

Moonrise over Lake Pepin

Super Moon

Sunrise over Rattlesnake Bluff

Cold Full Moon

Alpenglow over Wisconsin Bluffs

Wacouta Pond freeze over

Migrating eagles

Late arriving ducks

Prairie on top of Rattlesnake Bluff

Highbush cranberries

Blue Jay

P1030624-01

P1030598

P1030543

P1030579

P1030612

P1030500

P1030514

P1030491

P1030493

Raspberries

Yellowjackets

Elm Mushroom

Wild Rose Hips

American Robin

Downy Woodpecker Feathers

Cooper's Hawk

Turkey Vultures Soaring

Turkey Vulture

New England Asters

Jewelweed

Jewelweed

Sumac and Goldenrod

Velvet covered antlers

Red Osier Dogwood Berries

Sunset from Greens Point

Herring and Franklin's Gulls

Prairie Dawn Towboat

Feeding Gulls

Monarch and Blazing Star

Painted Lady Butterfly

Racing Pigeon

Queen of the Mississippi

Blue Heron

Green Heron

Prothonotary Wabler

Cardinal Flowers

New York Ironweed

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Racing Pigeon

Arrowhead

Giant Hyssop

Wild Cucumber

Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace

Morning Fog

White Pelicans

Sandhill cranes

Twin Fawns

Swimming deer

Fawn munching apple

Green Darner Dragonfly

Jerusalem Artichoke

Partridge Pea

Butterfly

Turkey Vultures

Beaver KIt

Kestrel

Red Fox

Combining Winter Rye

Canada Geese

Chicory

Leopard Frog

Mayflies

Purple Martin Colony

Female Purple Martin

Dragonfly

Fawn

Black Raspberries

Purple Coneflower

Bouncing Bet

Female Wood Duck with Brood

P1020905

Milkweed

Purple prairie plant

Gray-headed coneflower

Friends of Wacouta

Mulberry

Turkey Vultures

Gray Tree Frog

Feral Cat on Wacouta Trail

Northern Flicker Hatchlings

Northern Flicker Young

Northern Flicker Young

Northern Map Turtle

Destroyed Turtle Nest

Snapping Turtle

Jeff Smith holding a Snapping Turtle

P1020794

P1020796

P1020873

Bull Snake

Cottonwood Seeds

Winter Rye

Winter Rye Closeup

Ox Eye

Wren

Wren Nest

Female Baltimore Oriole

Flooded Lowland Forest

Northern Map Turtle

Sora Rail

Abandoned Good Nest

Beaver

Dame's Rocket

Dame's Rocket

Wood Duck Nest

Oriole

Bull Snake

Bluebird Nest

Baltimore Oriole

Great Blue Heron Pair

Red Headed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Wood Duck Hen

Wood Duck nest with Down

Wood Duck Eggs

Leefing Out

Dutchman's Breeches

Wood Duck hen

Canada Goose nest

Mother Goose

White Pelicans

White Pelican preening

Rufous Towhee

Northern Flicker

Brown Thrasher

Beaver Lodge

Beaver

Beaver Grooming

River Otter

Otter Slide

Wood Frog

Singing Wood Frog

Snow Trillium

Drake and Hen Wood Duck

Drake Wood Duck

Turkeys Strutting

Tom Turkeys

Piliated Woodpecker

Pocket Gopher Mound

Eagle on the Nest

Coyote

First Barge of the Season

Beaver Cutttings

Beaver Dam

Smaller Beaver Dam

Pasque Flower

Red Wing Blackbird

Robin

Turkey Vultures

Bald Eagle Nesting

Carrying sap buckets

Flower buds on Soft Maples

Sap Bucket

Elderberry spile

Elderberry Buds

Pussy Willows

Male Cardinal

Maple sap boiling

Mississippi River canoeing

Snow covered maple sap buckets

Highbush cranberries

Bald Eagle Nest

Bald Eagle Nest

Beaver Lodge

Muskrat House

Hoarfrost on Muskrat House

Black Squirrel

Striped Skunk

Raccoon Tracks

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Ski Tracks across the pond

Coyote tracks

Weather Stick

Eastern Screech Owl

Blue Jay Feathers

Female cardinal feathers and beak

Ice on a Norway Pine

Weather Stick

Backyard Deer

Whitetail Deer

Mourning Dover

Northern Flicker

Alana Butler

Heather Nagel

Winter on Lake Pepin

Mature Bald Eagle

Piliated Woodpecker and Crow

Ski Trail to Rattlesnake Bluff

Gizzard Shad on the Roof

Sundog by Suzanne Blue

Sundog at sunrise

Male Cardinal

Female Cardinal

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk and its prey

Adult Bald Eagle

Gizzard Shad

Waterfowl on Lake Pepin

Bald Eagle feeding

Goldeneyes

Common Mergansers

Eagles hunting waterfowl

Diving Drake Goldeye

Pair of Pilated Woodpeckers

Downy and Piliated Woodpeckers

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Beaver cuttings

Close-up of Beaver cuttings

Leftovers from beaver feeding

Sunrise over Rattlesnake Bluff

Red-Osier Dogwood

Red-Osier Dogwood

State Wildlife Management Area

Canada Geese on Wacouta Pond

Snow Goose

Beaver Activity

Rattlesnake Bluff and winter rye

Monarch Butterfly on Blue Silvia

Blackbird

Flock of Blackbirds

Cattle egret with dairy cattle

Cattle egret

White-breasted nuthatch

Black-capped Chickadee

View from Rattlesnake Bluff

Buckthorn Berries

Goldenrod

Goldenrod gall

Downy woodpecker activity

Dark eyed junco

Red-bellied woodpecker

Rattlesnake Bluff

Red Raspberries

Native Bittersweet

Invasive bittersweet

Turkey Vulture

Male Eastern Bluebird

Fall colors are starting to turn

Ring-billed gulls

Ring-billed Gulls

Virginia Creeper

White throated sparrow

View of Wacouta

New England Aster

Mature Bald Eagle

Duckweed

False Map Turtles

Greater Yellowlegs

White Pelicans

White Pelicans

Great Blue Heron

Swamp Loosestrife

Swamp Loosestrife

Goldenrod and Sumac

Soybean field

Black Walnut Tree

Polyporus fungi

Mountain Ash Berries

Cedar Waxwing Feeding

Cedar Waxwing Feeding

Foggy Morning Paddle

Merlin

Pale Touch-Me-Not

Baltimore Orioles

Wacouta Backwaters

Cardinal Flowers

Mature Bald Eagle

Female Kingfisher

Swan Goose

Mississippi River Canoeists

Cannon River Flooding

High Water Warning for Cannon River

Levee at Red Wing

Presbyterian Point Underwater

Purple Loosetrife and Goldenrod

Cardinal Flower

Giant Lobelia- blue cardinal flower

Cardinal Flower

Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy

Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Harvesting of winter rye

Canada Geese feeding on winter rye

Sandhill Crane

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P1070755-2

P1070761

P1070744-2

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P1030619-2

P1070767-2

P1070571

P1070610

P1070637

P1070665

P1070674

P1070684

P1070702

P1070691

P1070676

P1070558

P1070511

P1070563

P1070554

P1070535

P1010436

P1070486

P1070465

P1070504

P1070452

041_41

P1070477

P1070478

P1070402

P1070419

P1070430

P1070435

P1070364

P1070337

P1070388

P1070369

RSCN0198

P1070350

P1020073

P1040575

P1030577

P1070290

P1070293

P1070294

P1070321

P1070323

P1070269

P1070281

P1070271

P1070279

P1070155

P1070193

P1070227

P1070209

P1070260

P1070252

P1070264

P1070237

P1070235

P1070036

P1070127

P1070135

P1070129

P1060987

P1070108

P1070086

P1020097

P1070113

P1060914

P1060938

P1060925

P1060937

P1060950

P1060963

P1060957

P1060980

P1060976

P1060872

P1060806

P1010602

P1060809

P1060817

P1060838

P1060863

P1060851

P1060843

P1030860

P1000961

P1040098

P1000122

P1000158

P1000061

P1030441

P1060773

af1687_9b877256d27b42789c47bc0fe310ba89~

P1030771

P1060715

P1040055

P1060739 (1)

P1060718

P1060736

P1060755

Frozen River

3 Year Old Eagles

Kite Skiing

Kite Skiing

Ice Shelf

Beaver Lodge

Beaver Scent Pile

River Otter

Trumpeter Swans

Highbush Cranberries with Hoarfrost

Pileated and Downy Woodpeckers

Common Merganser

Common Goldeneye

Mergansers and Goldeneyes

Hen Mallard with Shad

Adult Bald Eagle

Lake Pepin Ice

Otter Slide

P1060540

P1060537

P1060516

P1060560

P1060586

P1060572

P1060579

110_110

firstsnow

bigtoothedaspen

oakhill

virginsbowerflower

excavation

seedspreader

prairieseeds

spreadingseeds

crowsfeeding

oaktrees

newprairie2

newprairie

wacoutahighwater

highwater

sleepingbeaver

awakebeaver

adultredtailedhawk

lakepepin

P1060355

P1060356

P1060330

P1060348

P1060364

P1060376

P1060392

P1060381

P1060335

monarch

purpleloosestrife

mariafassano

mothlarva

sandhillcrane

blueheron

doublerainbow

woodduckhens

doeandfawn

leastsandpiper

greenheron

canadageese

waterlily

woodduck

young deer

Monarch Butterfly

P1060148

P1060143

P1060143

joepye

purpleprairieclover

dragonfly

greatspangledbutterfly

whitemulberries

prairieflowers

youngbuck

raccoon

highwater

Rattlesnake Bluff and Soybean Field

Spiderwort

Monarch Butterfly and Red Clover

Blackberry Flowers

Pale Purple Coneflower

Male Bluebird

Adult Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan with Cygnets

Butterfly

Geese and Goslings

Goslings searching for food

Male Redstart

Orioles Feeding

Scarlet Tanager

Immature Bald Eagle

Fox Kits

Fox Kit

Fox Kits

Pasque Flower

Bloodroot

White Pelicans

White Pelicans Feeding

Muskrat

Hooded Merganser

Great Blue Heron

Nesting Blue Heron

Map Turtles

P1050486

P1050487

P1050496

P1050601

Pussy Willows

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Sapsucker holes

P1050561

P1050578

Flooded Field

Fish Kill

Scavenging Gulls

Conference Caw

Nesting Eagle

Maple Sap

Flueger Family

Skunk Cabbage Flower

Spring Floods

Snow Drifts on Road Sign

White Tailed Deer

Springs

P1050341

Snow Sculpture

Snow Drifts

P1050346

Bird Feeder

Mourning Dove

Negative 30

-22 Degrees over Red Wing Riverfront

Canada Winter Rye

Killdeer

Blue Jay

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Black-Capped Chickadee

White-Tailed Deer

Ice Floe

Ice Heave

Beaver Lodge and Feed Pile

Beaver Cuttings

kayaking

1980 ELC Kayakers

1987 ELC kayakers

Arial View

Canyon Kayakers

Sunrise over Lake Pepin

Adult Trumpeter swan

Mallard Reflections

Boatload of Carp

Commercial Fisherman

Fish Transport

Low Clouds over Lake Pepin

P1050105

P1050099

P1050077

European Starling

P1050092

Berries on Red Cedar

Feeding Waxwing

P1050083

ReflectionR

Hunter's Moon

Prairie

Ice Sculpture

Tundra Swan

Swans Resting

Swans eating and Resting

10 Point Buck

P1050065

Weather Stick

Wacouta Fall Colors

Rattlesnake Bluff

Sumac Leaves

Shaggy Mane Mushroom

Paper Wasp Nest

Snowstorm Hummer

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

White Pelicans

Monarch and Aster

Sulfur Shelf Mushroom

Wacouta Bay Sedges

Smartweed

Water Parsnip

White Pelican Preening

Cardinal Flower

Bur-Marigold

P1040825

Sunrise over Wacouta Bay

Orange Sun

Lily

Robin eating Mountain Ash Berries

Jack-in-the-Pulpit berries

Elderberries

Wild Cucumbers

Wild Cucumber Fruit

P1040792

Paddle through the Fog

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Bald Eagle

Solitary Sandpiper

Ring-Billed Gull

River Otters

Raccoon

Bank Erosion

Sandhill Crane

Beaver

Snapping Turtle

Hummingbird Nestlings

Wacouta from Rattlesnake Bluff

Greater Crested Flycatcher

Four Point Buck

Indigo Bunting

Swift Chimney

Prairie Flowers

Monarch Larvae

Bullsnake on Robin's Nest

Bullsnake and Nestling

Male Swallowtail Butterfly

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Nest Box for Flycatcher

P1040453

falcon

rappelling

western tanager

cattle egret

pond

hen

jump

Hen with Brood of Ducklings

Journey to the River

Lighthouse Island

Rattlesnake Bluff Shrouded in Fog

Floodwater Canoeing

Silver Maple Flower

Canada goose Nesting

Solitary Sandpiper Feeding

Male Indigo Bunting

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

P1040304

Canvasback, Redheads and Scaup

Scaup

Common Loon

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Crow and Blue Heron

Tree Swallows

Hungry Deer

Barn Bluff Hikers

Highway 63 Bridge Construction

Weeping Willow

Spring View of Wacouta

Wacouta Eagle Nest

Tundra Swans

Drake Ring-Necked Duck

P1040151

P1040133

P1040136

Prescribed Fire

White-tailed deer

Barred Owl

Owl feet

Fresh Beaver Cuttings

Emergency Exit

Northern Cardinal

Male Bluebird

Sapsicle

American Robin

Deer Trails on Rattlesnake Bluff

Otter Slides

Mourning Dove

Snowy Owl

Raccoon Tracks

Gray Squirrel in Feeder

Dead Eagle

Skiing in a Snowstorm

NOAA Weather Balloon

ski Trail

Colvill Park

Nine Eagles in one Tree

Spotting scope

Cooper's Hawk

Cross Country Ski Trail

P1030836

P1030819

P1030877

P1030841

P1030836

P1030819

Sea Smoke

Female Northern Cardinal

Otter Slide

Otter Entrance to Abandoned Lodge

New Lodge and Feedpile

Breather Hole in Lodge

Coyote Tracks and Urine

Point No Point

Moonrise over Lake Pepin

Super Moon

Sunrise over Rattlesnake Bluff

Cold Full Moon

Alpenglow over Wisconsin Bluffs

Wacouta Pond freeze over

Migrating eagles

Late arriving ducks

Prairie on top of Rattlesnake Bluff

Highbush cranberries

Blue Jay

P1030624-01

P1030598

P1030543

P1030579

P1030612

P1030500

P1030514

P1030491

P1030493

Raspberries

Yellowjackets

Elm Mushroom

Wild Rose Hips

American Robin

Downy Woodpecker Feathers

Cooper's Hawk

Turkey Vultures Soaring

Turkey Vulture

New England Asters

Jewelweed

Jewelweed

Sumac and Goldenrod

Velvet covered antlers

Red Osier Dogwood Berries

Sunset from Greens Point

Herring and Franklin's Gulls

Prairie Dawn Towboat

Feeding Gulls

Monarch and Blazing Star

Painted Lady Butterfly

Racing Pigeon

Queen of the Mississippi

Blue Heron

Green Heron

Prothonotary Wabler

Cardinal Flowers

New York Ironweed

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Racing Pigeon

Arrowhead

Giant Hyssop

Wild Cucumber

Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace

Morning Fog

White Pelicans

Sandhill cranes

Twin Fawns

Swimming deer

Fawn munching apple

Green Darner Dragonfly

Jerusalem Artichoke

Partridge Pea

Butterfly

Turkey Vultures

Beaver KIt

Kestrel

Red Fox

Combining Winter Rye

Canada Geese

Chicory

Leopard Frog

Mayflies

Purple Martin Colony

Female Purple Martin

Dragonfly

Fawn

Black Raspberries

Purple Coneflower

Bouncing Bet

Female Wood Duck with Brood

P1020905

Milkweed

Purple prairie plant

Gray-headed coneflower

Friends of Wacouta

Mulberry

Turkey Vultures

Gray Tree Frog

Feral Cat on Wacouta Trail

Northern Flicker Hatchlings

Northern Flicker Young

Northern Flicker Young

Northern Map Turtle

Destroyed Turtle Nest

Snapping Turtle

Jeff Smith holding a Snapping Turtle

P1020794

P1020796

P1020873

Bull Snake

Cottonwood Seeds

Winter Rye

Winter Rye Closeup

Ox Eye

Wren

Wren Nest

Female Baltimore Oriole

Flooded Lowland Forest

Northern Map Turtle

Sora Rail

Abandoned Good Nest

Beaver

Dame's Rocket

Dame's Rocket

Wood Duck Nest

Oriole

Bull Snake

Bluebird Nest

Baltimore Oriole

Great Blue Heron Pair

Red Headed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Wood Duck Hen

Wood Duck nest with Down

Wood Duck Eggs

Leefing Out

Dutchman's Breeches

Wood Duck hen

Canada Goose nest

Mother Goose

White Pelicans

White Pelican preening

Rufous Towhee

Northern Flicker

Brown Thrasher

Beaver Lodge

Beaver

Beaver Grooming

River Otter

Otter Slide

Wood Frog

Singing Wood Frog

Snow Trillium

Drake and Hen Wood Duck

Drake Wood Duck

Turkeys Strutting

Tom Turkeys

Piliated Woodpecker

Pocket Gopher Mound

Eagle on the Nest

Coyote

First Barge of the Season

Beaver Cutttings

Beaver Dam

Smaller Beaver Dam

Pasque Flower

Red Wing Blackbird

Robin

Turkey Vultures

Bald Eagle Nesting

Carrying sap buckets

Flower buds on Soft Maples

Sap Bucket

Elderberry spile

Elderberry Buds

Pussy Willows

Male Cardinal

Maple sap boiling

Mississippi River canoeing

Snow covered maple sap buckets

Highbush cranberries

Bald Eagle Nest

Bald Eagle Nest

Beaver Lodge

Muskrat House

Hoarfrost on Muskrat House

Black Squirrel

Striped Skunk

Raccoon Tracks

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Ski Tracks across the pond

Coyote tracks

Weather Stick

Eastern Screech Owl

Blue Jay Feathers

Female cardinal feathers and beak

Ice on a Norway Pine

Weather Stick

Backyard Deer

Whitetail Deer

Mourning Dover

Northern Flicker

Alana Butler

Heather Nagel

Winter on Lake Pepin

Mature Bald Eagle

Piliated Woodpecker and Crow

Ski Trail to Rattlesnake Bluff

Gizzard Shad on the Roof

Sundog by Suzanne Blue

Sundog at sunrise

Male Cardinal

Female Cardinal

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk and its prey

Adult Bald Eagle

Gizzard Shad

Waterfowl on Lake Pepin

Bald Eagle feeding

Goldeneyes

Common Mergansers

Eagles hunting waterfowl

Diving Drake Goldeye

Pair of Pilated Woodpeckers

Downy and Piliated Woodpeckers

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Beaver cuttings

Close-up of Beaver cuttings

Leftovers from beaver feeding

Sunrise over Rattlesnake Bluff

Red-Osier Dogwood

Red-Osier Dogwood

State Wildlife Management Area

Canada Geese on Wacouta Pond

Snow Goose

Beaver Activity

Rattlesnake Bluff and winter rye

Monarch Butterfly on Blue Silvia

Blackbird

Flock of Blackbirds

Cattle egret with dairy cattle

Cattle egret

White-breasted nuthatch

Black-capped Chickadee

View from Rattlesnake Bluff

Buckthorn Berries

Goldenrod

Goldenrod gall

Downy woodpecker activity

Dark eyed junco

Red-bellied woodpecker

Rattlesnake Bluff

Red Raspberries

Native Bittersweet

Invasive bittersweet

Turkey Vulture

Male Eastern Bluebird

Fall colors are starting to turn

Ring-billed gulls

Ring-billed Gulls

Virginia Creeper

White throated sparrow

View of Wacouta

New England Aster

Mature Bald Eagle

Duckweed

False Map Turtles

Greater Yellowlegs

White Pelicans

White Pelicans

Great Blue Heron

Swamp Loosestrife

Swamp Loosestrife

Goldenrod and Sumac

Soybean field

Black Walnut Tree

Polyporus fungi

Mountain Ash Berries

Cedar Waxwing Feeding

Cedar Waxwing Feeding

Foggy Morning Paddle

Merlin

Pale Touch-Me-Not

Baltimore Orioles

Wacouta Backwaters

Cardinal Flowers

Mature Bald Eagle

Female Kingfisher

Swan Goose

Mississippi River Canoeists

Cannon River Flooding

High Water Warning for Cannon River

Levee at Red Wing

Presbyterian Point Underwater

Purple Loosetrife and Goldenrod

Cardinal Flower

Giant Lobelia- blue cardinal flower

Cardinal Flower

Hummingbird Feeding Frenzy

Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Harvesting of winter rye

Canada Geese feeding on winter rye

Sandhill Crane

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