zach occasionally photographs woodland creatures

mostly in northern minnesota

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2021

a spotted sandpiper stands on the dock

a sizeable wolf spider

a blue jay perches on a norway pine

a damselfly rests after depositing a pile of eggs

a pair of trumpeter swans take off

a gull

a large beaver dives

a downy woodpecker

a trio of wood ducks hide in the reeds

a nighthawk chases after bugs

a family of canada geese

two pairs of buffleheads

a grasshopper

a mallard quacks

a loon with winter plumage

a blue jay peeks out of a clump of norway pine needles

more geese before dawn

a gull with a snack

a common grackle


2020

three fuzzy gray fox kits

a northern flicker and a robin hold an important meeting

a common loon

three ruby-throated hummingbirds discuss the merits of sugar water

a curious young red squirrel

a gaggle of noisy canada geese

an eastern phoebe poofs

a tiger swallowtail butterfly

a rather displeased bald eagle

two gray fox kits take a nap

a ruby-throated hummingbird feeds her hungry chicks

a beaver swims at dusk

a robin works on producing additional robins

two common loons on a fishing trip

a young dragonfly dries its wings

a ruby-throated hummingbird points at something off-camera

a red-breasted nuthatch scampers about on a norway pine

the same curious young red squirrel

a trio of common loons test their wings

a bald eagle visits the moon

a painted turtle hides

a turkey vulture circles overhead

a toad

a gray fox kit

a female red-winged blackbird eats a dragonfly

a garden tiger moth caterpillar

a robin with three chicks

a pearl crescent butterfly lands on a buttercup

an eastern phoebe examines a power line

a large dragonfly rests on a stick

several gray fox kits

a forest tent caterpillar

another gray fox kit

all images © copyright zach fredin, 2020-2021