Wild Animal Wednesday
– Red Squirrel, Itasca State Park, 1920 – Porcupine, Itasca State Park, July 1920 – Skunk, Itasca State Park, July 1920…
glass plate negatives
What’s the matter?
I wonder what this adult Black-capped Chickadee (on the far right) did to incite such emotion in two of the younger chickadees pictured here? Maybe it’s time for lunch? (click on the image for a larger view) – Black-capped Chickadees,…
Tuesday Tweet: Put a bird in it!
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…
Tuesday Tweet: Cormorants
– Young Cormorants in nest, Lake of the Woods, July 1915…
Friday Flora: Cypripedium Study
– White Cypripedium section – White Cypripedium, Cypripedium candidum (Small White Lady’s-slipper) – Yellow Cypripedium…
Bieber… I mean beaver.
Ever since I came across the newspaper clippings and annual reports that made reference to two live beavers that occupied a small pool outside of the Animal Biology building on the University of Minnesota campus from 1917-1924, I have been…
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…
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)…