Tuesday Tweet: Cormorants
– Young Cormorants in nest, Lake of the Woods, July 1915…
Birds
Tuesday Tweet: The Tern takes a turn…
In June of 1917, Thomas Sadler Roberts had a close encounter with a Black Tern. The Tern, who was resting upon a nest of eggs, became the subject of a series of photographs taken by Roberts. These photographs, of which…
H.J. Jager’s flock
Though I have yet to make it to the Minnesota State Fair this year, of course, it is the lead story on every local news broadcast and newspaper headline, so I am well aware of the proceedings thus far (low…
Tuesday Tweet: A bird in the hand…
If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then how much are two birds in the hand worth? – Night Hawk, young, two young birds in hand, Cass Lake, July 1916. (Glass plate negative from the…
Tuesday Tweet: Strike a pose
It’s time yet again for another bird photo session – complete with staged props – courtesy of T.S. Roberts. In June of 1903 Roberts set up these photos with Chickadees at Brook Lodge near Lake City, MN. – Chickadees on…
Tuesday Tweet: Birds on a barb
– Four young Bluebirds, Fillmore County, June 1903 (from the Bell Museum collection of glass plate negatives)…
Tuesday Tweet: A Bittern takes a bite
Here are a few “in-house” images of a “Bittern with frog,” circa, 1902. In addition to capturing birds in the field, Thomas Sadler Roberts pursued his early ornithological avocation by staging backgrounds – and props – in order to better…
Tuesday Tweet: You’ve Got Mail
In 1902, ornithological enthusiast and photographer extraordinaire Thomas Sadler Roberts traveled to Lake Itasca, the head waters of the Mississippi River, to document and study avian life. Here he photographed Arctic Woodpeckers, Least Flycatchers, Red-eyed Vireos, Pine Warblers, Juncos, Eagles,…
Minnesota Monday: Loons and Lakes
Happy Monday morning! Enjoy this Minnesota scene from July 1903… – Loon’s nest and eggs, July 1903, King Lake, Meeker County…
Tuesday Tweet: You Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!
Here are a few images of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (no, I’m not being mean, that is really the name!) According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird Guide, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, “perch upright on trees, leaning on their tails like other…