Minnesota Birds
Birds of Minnesota, and especially in my own back yard in Minneapolis. In photographing birds, I go after the details; I want to be looking the bird in the eye. And that means getting close, even if it involves a bit of trickery.
I enjoy watching birds in a hard Minnesota winter, and learning about amazing skills and knowledge they need in order to survive here year round.
Prints of all my photos are available here.
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Double-crested cormorant
A Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, dries his wings in the sun after a dive in search of fish. In Minnesota, where this bird lives, cormorants are often disliked, mostly based on erroneous assumptions and lack of data. They're powerful and effective hunters, able to skim over lakes, dive underwater and swim strongly in pursuit of fish. They can reduce the populations of species of fish desired by human anglers; however, their impact has been greatly exaggerated
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