Birds
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Redpolls
In the eleven years I've been living up here I didn't see a redpoll until last fall. The redpolls are a small bird, and amazingly some remain in the High Arctic even through our winter. But even though I'm quite familiar with the two species of them (Hoary and Common) from feeders down south, I'd
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Hidden – Song Sparrow
A Song Sparrow, as I often see them, with branches obscuring them.
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Robin at Sundown
American Robin singing at sundown.
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Hooded Merganser pair
On our first drive in Roblin we came across this Hooded Meganser pair, which gave us just the briefest of views before taking flight. This is the best of three poor shots.
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Common Loon in snow
I was rather surpised to see this Common Loon at Goose Lake, as it right at the edge of the town where I grew up, I don't ever remember seeing them there.
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Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird in snow storm Blackbird by C. K. Williams There was nothing I could have done— a flurry of blackbirds burst from the weeds at the edge of a field and one veered out into my wheel and went under. I had a moment to hope he'd emerge as sometimes they will from beneath
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Eastern Phoebe
Much of the weather we had while we were south was pretty miserable. It snowed many of the days we were in Roblin, and one day we even made a snowman. For May that is pretty remarkable. I guess I shouldn't have been so vocal about saying the weather was only going to be five
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More Franklin’s Gulls
A couple more photos of pink hued gulls for you.