by astankevitz | Jun 16, 2019 | Blog
Big River Magazine has just come out with a new book featuring my bird photography. I am really proud of this book as it highlights some of my best work. The book is a composition of fascinating stories about birds found throughout the Upper Mississippi River and...
by astankevitz | May 26, 2019 | Blog
Over the past few years now I have been keeping close tabs on some of the Sandhill Cranes nesting here in the Root River Valley. Currently there are six families within five miles of our house that I am monitoring. Out of the six families there were twelve...
by astankevitz | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog
This past Saturday crane counters from around Midwest counted Sandhill Cranes within their counties and here in Houston County, Minnesota we did our part. We’ve been counting cranes in Houston County, Minnesota for many years now. I believe this is the 12th year...
by astankevitz | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog
Now that we’ve gotten the snow out of the way, spring is progressing rather nicely with lots of birds migrating through the area. With all the snow that we’ve received this winter as well as areas to our north, there is plenty of flooding occurring along...
by astankevitz | Apr 12, 2019 | Blog
Last April was one of the nastiest April’s I can remember. Three snow events caused all sorts of havoc on bird migration as well as “early-nesters.” Neighborhood Sandhill Cranes were already nesting and some of the nests were abandoned due to heavy...
by astankevitz | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog
Hard to believe that our resident pair of Eastern Bluebirds are already laying eggs, but such is the case. Mom started with her first egg on March 27 and subsequently laid one egg-per-day until March 30th. She skipped a day probably due to very low temperatures on the...
