tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491283474960139822024-02-19T04:29:46.320-08:00Art by AlexAlex Cruz, Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625157660873986706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449128347496013982.post-91321527967893852402015-01-29T21:14:00.000-08:002015-01-29T21:14:14.096-08:0028 January 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alex Cruz, Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625157660873986706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449128347496013982.post-19352549214107322062015-01-23T19:52:00.000-08:002015-01-23T19:55:32.313-08:0017-18 January 2015<span id="goog_1588626783"></span><span id="goog_1588626784"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Common Redpolls</b> were abundant throughout the bog, in flocks along the roads and fighting at the feeders. We had to be patient for our only <b>Boreal Chickadee</b>, but the looks were worth the wait of this confiding fellow. The biggest flock of <b>Evening Grosbeaks</b> I have ever seen (about 100) frequented Mary Lou's feeders in the northwestern part of the bog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were lucky to see the work mink running along the creek bank with prey in its mouth before it vanished into the vegetation. This image was based on some quick sketches I did on sticky notes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sketching sumac on a sunny, not-too-cold morning. Snow falling off the trees in fluffy clumps as White-breasted Nuthatches chatter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Corvids (crows and jays). This Blue Jay seemed to be watching me as much as I was watching him as he used his strong bill to scrape away snow from the feeder.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />Alex Cruz, Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625157660873986706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449128347496013982.post-65104560488407395282015-01-06T08:38:00.000-08:002015-01-06T08:55:11.759-08:005 January 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deep-freeze begins again. I nearly froze while looking for anything moving to sketch and instead decided to try and capture </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Downtown Minneapolis peeking over Lake Calhoun.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Northern Cardinal (l</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>eucistic </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>female)</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This beautiful cardinal with white patches around her eyes and cheeks has been visiting my feeder since the New Year began.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3 January 2015</span></div>
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<br />Alex Cruz, Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625157660873986706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449128347496013982.post-48867838340024525662015-01-03T21:47:00.001-08:002015-01-03T21:54:59.590-08:002 Jan 215<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>At my work feeder:</b> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One Black-capped Chickadee pecks at a seed harvested from the feeder while another seems to stand guard, watching the skies for danger.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eden Praire, Hennepin County, Minnesota.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2 January 2015</span></div>
Alex Cruz, Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625157660873986706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449128347496013982.post-74975877378174472832015-01-03T21:17:00.001-08:002015-01-03T22:02:21.311-08:00First bird of 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Sketched this male Dark-eyed Junco in my backyard as it searched for seeds below the feeder.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Crystal, Hennepin County, Minnesota</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1 January 2015</span></div>
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