Minnesota Bird News App

Background

The Minnesota Bird News App, which I first announced on Thanksgiving morning, has been tested on both the IOS and Android platforms and is performing well. If you would like to install it on your smartphone or tablet, please follow this link for more information and access. The app is provided free of charge and there are no advertisements within the app.

Two screenshots are published here in order to give you more information.

Minnesota Bird New App Interface (Google Nexus 10 tablet screenshot)
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Minnesota Bird News App Reading Mode (Google Nexus 10 tablet screenshot)
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Red Fox … Bird of the Day!

Year 2

I had heard there were three snowy owls hanging out down by the Duluth waterfront. Given the beautiful blue skies this afternoon, after a bike ride up the shore I jumped in my car and drove down to the harbor. Arriving in the late afternoon, I worked all my “snowy areas” with zero luck. Who cares!? This red fox posed for some great photos. Who needs birds!!!

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Black Friday Birding

Year 2

As Thanksgiving Weekend 2015 ends, I feel obligated to tell about how my wife and I went “Black Friday Birding” in northern Minnesota! Neither of us are shoppers, and Amazon Prime is a great tool which delivers in two days to our doorstep. When Black Friday dawned with deep blue, crystal clear skies, we could not resist a trip to the store.

However, in our case we decided a trip to the store meant a trip via backroads to Ely, Minnesota near the Canadian border. Yes, we braved the crowds of Ely to purchase Steger Mukluks. Will Steger is an explorer who wore his own mukluks to the Arctic and Antarctic. The boots are rated to -20F. Bring on the cold Minnesota winter!

Oh yes … we did see some pine grosbeaks and some bald eagles. Life is good. Enjoy the photos. New York City this ain’t!

On our way to Ely … stopped at Stoney River
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Buying our Mukluks … note all the crowds on the sidewalk
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This Bald Eagle approved of our Black Friday expedition
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