MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Outdoor Potpourri
Here are some of Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert’s latest outdoor shots, taken over the past week or so.
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MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Birds Of A Feather
There isn’t a better time of the year than spring for bird watchers in the Northland. Not only are the migrants returning home after wintering down South, they are also raising new families. Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert shares these recent shots taken in the Red River Valley.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Wildlife Wonderland
Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons is becoming quite well-known for his spectacular sports shots. But recently, he decided to take a ride into the countryside, since there were no action sports that night, so he could practice his action shooting. (Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.)
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — The Great Outdoors
Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert has been at it again. Check out his latest collection of images of the outdoors, taken the past couple of weeks at various locations in the Red River Valley and Minnesota lake country.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Beauty in Bloom
Spring is a great time to view blooming trees, as these images from around town taken this week by Grand Forks photographer Dave Bruner confirm.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — April Aviators
Springtime is when migratory birds return north to their nesting grounds after wintering down South. Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert shares these images of some those aviators that have arrived back home in the Red River Valley.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Signs Of Spring
A good indicator that spring has arrived is the appearance of animals that have either gone south in the fall or the emergency of those that have made themselves scarce during the long winter. Canada geese are among the former and moose the latter. Bald eagles, however, can be counted in both groups. Some winter along the Red River of the North, while …
ERIC BERGESON: Photo Gallery — Arizona Outtakes
Photographer Eric Bergeson has been doing some sightseeing this past month while taking a winter break in Tucson, Ariz. These are just a few of shots that caught his eye, including blooming wildflowers at Catalina State Park, which have been boosted by timely rain.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Snowy Memories
Grand Forks photographer Dave Bruner captured these images before our recent thaw, when there was quite a bit more snow around than there is now.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — January Snapshots
Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert took these nice shots recently before the January thaw the area has been experiencing the past few days.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Winter In The Wild
For one reason or another, not everyone gets to enjoy the beauty of nature in the wintertime. All some people have left is their imagination. Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert isn’t one of them, as evidenced by these images he caught during some recent outings in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — December Snapshots
Here are some of the images caught the eye of Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland in the last month of 2016.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Red River State Recreation Area
The Red River State Recreation Area, located in East Grand Forks, is part of the Greater Grand Forks Greenway and is located on the banks of the Red River of the North and the Red Lake River. The area, owned and managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, came about as the result of a grass-roots effort after the Flood of 1997 that devastated …
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Bird Byway
The road to Thief River Falls is always full of wildlife, especially birds, as Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons discovered on a recent trip to the northwestern Minnesota city. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — West Coast Wonders
The California and Oregon landscapes can offer some pretty spectacular viewing. Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson recently traveled to those two West Coast states, and here are some of the images that caught his eye.
JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Yosemite National Park
Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson recently took part in a tour of Yosemite National Park in California. Yosemite is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and is famed for its giant, ancient sequoia trees, and for Tunnel View, the iconic vista of towering Bridalveil Fall and the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome. Here are some of the images Jeff captured.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — The Sky’s The Limit
The sky has provided a backdrop for Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons the past few weeks. Whether it is a glowing sunrise or sunset, a majestic full moon or storm clouds rising, Russ displays a knack for capturing the essence of celestial beauty as it graces the Northland. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — The Path Less Taken
Take a stroll in Minnesota lake country, and you’ll soon discover there is a lot more out there than meets the eye. These images from photographer Michael Bogert are a case in point.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Predator And Prey
Wild turkeys have to keep their eyes open for predators, including hawks. Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons encountered both species on a recent road trip in northwestern Minnesota. While encounters between the two are generally random, it’s likely this turkey was well aware any hawks in the area. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Watchable Wildlife
Grand Forks photographer Michael keeps his eyes open for wildlife while in Minnesota lake country. Here are some of the images he’s seen the past couple of weeks.
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Late-Summer Snapshots
Photographer Dave Vorland shares these images taken this past month from near his home in Bloomington, Minn., to Itasca State Park to Ketchum, Idaho, where author Ernest Hemingway is buried.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Sunny Disposition
Grand Forks photographer Dave Bruner got up and close to Old Man Sun this past month.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Night Time Is The Right Time
To steal a title from an old Ray Charles’ song, “night time is the right time” for Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons. That’s evidenced here by the images he captured recently over the course of a few nights on the North Dakota prairie. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Mackinac Island
Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert and his wife, Mary, recently returned from a trip to the Great Lakes area. Among their stops was Mackinac Island, which covers 3.8 square miles in land area in the state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Along The Great Lakes
Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert and his wife, Mary, recently returned from a trip to the Great Lakes area. Here is a sampling of the images he took. Look for more in days to come.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — July Snapshots
From eastern North Dakota to western North Dakota, here are some of the images photographer Dave Bruner discovered this past month.
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — July Snapshots
Check out what’s caught the eye this past month of Dave Vorland, Bloomington, Minn., photographer and former Grand Forks resident.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Sunny Disposition
On a couple of recent beautiful days in the Red River Valley, Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons and his wife, Paulette, decided to take a ride out to the countryside to check out some sunflower fields, and this is what they saw. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
ERIC BERGESON: Photo Gallery — Western Snapshots
Eric Bergeson snapped these beautiful images on a recent U.S. West trip.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Waterfowl Watching
Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons says he could spend hours watching waterfowl, especially loons. That’s exactly what he did on a recent vacation to northwest Minnesota lake country. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Early Summer Snapshots
Grand Forks photographer Dave Bruner has an eye for color, as is attested to by these spectacular North Dakota images that he captured in the past couple of weeks in the early days of summer.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Backyard Beauty
Backyards are bursting with beautiful color this time of the year as blooming flowers — the pride of many gardeners — take center stage. Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons captured these images — right in his own backyard. His reaction: “WOW!” Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — June Snapshots
It was a traveling month for Dave Vorland. Along the way, the Bloomington, Minn., photographer captured images from the PGA Memorial Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, the Vesterheim Museum and Heritage Center in Decorah, Iowa, as well as others from around the Twin Cities.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Family Affair
Grand Forks photographer Mike Bogert recently took an overnighter to go and check on the “Loon Family” on Fox Lake in northwestern Minnesota. He reports that they seem to be doing just fine.
LA VALLEUR COMMUNICATES: Musings By Barbara La Valleur — No News Is Good News: Day 150
A note to Fish readers: On Jan. 2, I began a nutrition plan complete with a certified nutritionist coach. After learning that I’m a journalist and blogger, she invited me to blog about my experiences. The following is the 13th of my weekly blogs. “No news is good news” we often say in my photojournalism profession. So I haven’t felt compelled …
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — New Mexico Majesty
Photographer Mike Bogert was born and raised in Grand Forks, N.D., at the bottom of the Red River Valley. The Red River was his backyard, and yes, he could see Minnesota from there. He was obsessed with photographing the mountains in and around Alamogordo, N.M., on a recent trip. Here is a small sampling of the multitude of pictures Mike took while there.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — A Night At Kellys Slough
Here are a few wildlife sightings from Kelly Slough National Wildlife Refuge west of Grand Forks, N.D., taken by photographer Russ Hons. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Badlands Beauty
These scenic landscape and wildlife photos, taken recently by Dave Bruner of Grand Forks — on many early mornings and late evenings — show the beauty and majesty of the North Dakota Badlands.
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — The Enchanted Highway
Photographer Dave Bruner last week took a trip down The Enchanted Highway, which begins begins at Exit 72 on Interstate 94 near Gladstone, N.D., and terminates 30 miles down the road in the small town of Regent, N.D. Along the way, he photographed each sculpture, which were built by Gary Greff of Regent, starting the project in 1990. Beginning with “Geese in Flight” at Exit 72, …
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Wild Horses Of The Badlands
Grand Forks photographer Dave Bruner spent a number of days last week in the North Dakota Badlands and took these images of some of the wild horses in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — A Night To Remember
What started out as a trip to capture some images of the sunset Sunday night at Kelly Slough National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Grand Forks turned out to be much that than that for photographer Russ Hons. As Russ was photographing the sunset, he received an alert that the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) might be active after dark. Russ said, “As darkness descended, the northern lights …
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Humming Along
The hummingbirds were out in force recently and put on quite a display for photographer Mike Bogert at Fox Lake in northwestern Minnesota.
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Just Ducky
Most people are suckers for baby ducks. The sight of ducklings can lift hearts and put smiles on faces. Grand Forks photographer Mike Bogert will do just that with this collection of images taken on the English Coulee near the University of North Dakota. Some of these ducklings may have been the ones rescued from a drain sewer recently by UND police.
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — May Snapshots
Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland snapped these shots this past month, including a shot of legendary Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant at his annual yard sale. You just never know what Dave will come up next.