RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — The Eagles Have Landed

    With the arrival of spring, there are a lot of birds beginning to start their migration north, including bald eagles, which also happen to live year-round in parts of the Northland, including the Red River Valley. Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons was fortunate on a couple of occasions recently to come across a few of these majestic birds …

DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Reminders Of The Past

Dave Bruner of Grand Forks is becoming well-known for his stunning landscape photography. Here, in his own words, Dave describes three recent shoots. “Country Sunset”: “We had one of those beautiful sunsets this past week that North Dakota is known for. You also have to be lucky and be out there at the right time to see and capture it …

MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Urban Merlins

Merlins, also called pigeon hawks, breed in the northern Holarctic, with some migrating to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter. In recent decades, merlin populations in North America have been significantly increasing, with some merlins becoming so well adapted to city life that they forgo migration. Swift fliers and skilled hunters, merlins specialize in preying on small birds. If you have seen them in your neighborhood, it …

LA VALLEUR COMMUNICATES: Musings By Barbara La Valleur — Minnehaha Falls And Park

A perfect autumn afternoon presented an opportunity to explore Minnehaha Falls and Park, while close by, is a place we’ve not visited for several years. We had a picnic, a walk and I had a chance to take photos of the beautiful park. Enjoy! We sure did. At the end, we stopped for a glass of wine at the pavilion …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Greek Life, Fall 2015

Here are a few more images of Greek life from Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland who recently returned from a visit there. Among them is a night view of the Acropolis, which shows scaffolding that is being used by experts carrying out ever more sophisticated preservation of this icon of Western culture; sculpted lions, weathered by centuries of exposure to the elements, …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Minnesota Outdoors, August 2015

Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland has an eye for the outdoors, as evidenced by these photos: A hummingbird checking out one of his partner Dorette Kerian’s feeders at their home, an orange-ish moon over the city Friday evening and a scenic view of the St. Croix River near Taylor Falls. The optical effect as shown in the moon photo is known …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Fargo AirSho, Part 2

Here are some more images from photographer Russ Hons of Sunday’s Fargo Airsho, which featured many vintage aircraft as well as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who were back after a 4-year hiatus. It was hot and sunny , but that didn’t stop thousands of fans of all ages from coming out. The show was nonstop for more than five hours …