On page xv in Annals of the Museum of Natural History 1872-1839, Thomas Sadler Roberts, museum director and author of the publication, printed the following entry in the Log of the Museum for the year 1915: May 6 – Thomas…
In theme with an upcoming holiday, here is an array of eggs: – Red-eyed Vireo nest and eggs, July 1902, Itasca State Park – Junco nest and eggs, June 1902, Itasca State Park – Ruffed Grouse nest and eggs, May…
One of my favorite shows is Portlandia, an IFC original comedy created by Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen. The show is comprised of a series of sketches that light-heartedly satirize the city of Portland, Oregon (with similarities witnessed to that…
– Young Cormorants in nest, Lake of the Woods, July 1915…
From the Bell Museum glass plate negative collection: – Young Cuckoo, front view, on finger, June 16, 1898, Waconia, MN – Young Cuckoo, back view, on finger, June 16, 1898, Waconia, MN…
Get out of my nest! – 357, Franklin’s gulls [juv.], Heron Lake, Minn, 6-14-99 (glass plate negative) This young Franklin’s Gull nesting on Heron Lake in Jackson County, MN doesn’t seem too eager to have a visitor. The hand reaching…
To continue the theme of alliteration that began with “Friday Flora,” starting today, and each subsequent second day of the standard work week, we will feature a “Tuesday Tweet” that profiles anything and everything ornithological. Bird observation checklists, bird banding…
After weeks of rain in Minnesota, the sun is out on the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus! These birds are as shocked as we are… – From the glass plate negative collection, Bell Museum of Natural History records….