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2022 Top Images
Red-headed Woodpecker: After many years of searching, and dozens of hours staked out on pair of Red-Headed Woodpeckers I finally got "the" shot.
Red-breasted Nuthatch: An infrequent visitor to our area.
Bald Eagle: An amazingly difficult image to get proper exposure with the white head and the black body.
Carolina Wren: A very rare Minnesota winter visitor!
Redpoll: I have never seen them this far south in Minnesota before. We had 25+ at the feeder for weeks during the winter
Female White-winged Crossbill: The strange winter continued when a large flock of these boreal forest birds show up in Winona!
Female above, male below.
American Kestrel: Taking a vole for its first (and only) flight.
Broad-winged Hawk: With a fresh-killed rabbit
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane: I had to resist the urge to duck!
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Another "Lifer" and uncommon in our area.
Song Sparrow: A summer-only resident and another "Lifer".
Common Grackle and Painted Turtle: Gotta love those eyes!
Turkey Vulture: After years of trying for a in-flight image....success!
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: The Sony A1 eye detection made this shot!
Cape May Warbler: Migrating through to go the boreal forests in northern Minnesota and Canada.
Scarlet Tanager: A canopy dwelling bird that you rarely see on the ground. He was mostly interested in water from the fountail.
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