WINTER VISITORS CARD Quantity:Single Card w/envelope

WINTER VISITORS CARD Quantity:Single Card w/envelopeWinter scene featuring eight species of birds that live year round in the boreal forest of interior Alaska where daylight lasts just a few hours each day and winter temperatures often drop below 40 F. The pictured birds visit feeders in the far north and in much of the Rocky Mountain Mountain range: Gray Jay, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pine Grosbeak, Hoary and Common Redpoll, Black capped Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee.

I created this image to share that fleeting moment of winter beauty

Why do certain plants harbor hordes of biting ants

Archival quality giclee’ print of a digital painting by Susan Quinlan

On that same outing

Bright red flowers of prairie fire and firecracker penstemon attract a recently-arrived broad-tailed hummingbird

golden columbine

Considered one of the most beautiful birds in the world

That is the question Dr

I then added the race name below each bird to help myself and others remember the plumage pattern of each race

A polar bear wanders the shore fast ice of Svalbard

acrylic on canvas by Susan E

This striking western jay is easily identified by itÕs striking black head and crest which top the varied blue hues of its wings