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T.R. Michels' Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures TM Prairie Chicken Listen to Prairie Chicken calls
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Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge; Bald Eagle, Birding, Waterfowl & Wildflower Tours Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary Cannon River Valley & Sogn Valley; Bald Eagle Nesting, Birding, Fossil & Birding Tours Winter Bald Eagle, Tundra Swan & Waterfowl Tours Winter Trumpeter Swan Tours Wildflower Tours Weaver Bottom Birding Tours Elk Bugling Tours Fossil Tours
Jeffers Petroglyphs State Historic Site; Rock Carving & Wildflower Tours Pipestone National Monument Blue Mounds State Park
Carlos Avery Game Refuge; Wolf Howling, Game Animal, Waterfowl & Birding Tours Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge; Bald Eagle, Waterfowl, Wading Birds, Songbird & Wildflower Tours
Lake Superior North Shore; Split Rock Lighthouse, Goosberry Falls, Birding & Wildflower Tours Gunflint Trail; Wildlife, Birding & Wildflower Tours St. Louis River Valley; Fall Color & Birding Tours
Crex Meadows; Wolf Howling, Sandhill Crane, Praire Chicken, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Waterfowl, Wading Bird, Shorebird, Song Bird & Wildflower Tours
T. R. Michels Outdoor Photography Birds, Animals, Wildflowers, Scenery Mike Brooks Outdoor Photography Birds, Animals, Wildflowers, Scenic
Birding Links Illinois Ornithological Society Minnesota Ornithologists Union Hawk Ridge Minnesota UPBirders.org Michigan White Fish Point Bird Observatory Michigan Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Ontario Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Other Links Trinity Mountain Outdoors Hunting Magazine
Trinity Mountain Outdoor Products Catalog T.R. Michels Guide Service / Hunting Trips Whitetail / Elk / Turkey / Waterfowl University & Guide School "T.R.'s Tips" Talk Forum / Message Board
White-tailed Deer Information Whitetail Deer Activity Graphs
Elk Information Peak Turkey Gobbling Dates Chart
Advertising Links Related Websites / Advertising Pages / links to other Websites State Wildlife Offices / Information
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Prairie Chicken & Sharp-tailed Grouse Mating Dance Tours
Sharp-tailed Grouse Listen to the calling - and watch the mating dances - of the prairie chickens and sharp-tailed grouse on their spring mating grounds called "leks" in northern Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. Most dancing occurs between early April and mid May, but may continue into June if the hens have not nested for some reason. Peak daily dancing sessions usually occur within a few hours of sunrise, so, in order to be in your blind without spooking the birds you need to be there before daylight. To book these tours you need to let us know well in advance, because booking begins in early January. However, there may be cancellations, especially during weekday, so feel free to contact us about current openings. April - May
Watch Prairie Chicken videos Low Resolution (1.7mb) High Resolution (3.2mb) Listen to Sharp-tailed Grouse at BirderBlog.com by typing "Sharp-tailed Grouse" in the Search Box and clicking on "Sharp-tailed Grouse Sounds".
Greater Prairie Chicken
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Turkey Gobbling Tours
T.R. Michels Peak daily turkey gobbling and strutting is within an hour of sunrise. Most gobbling and strutting occurs from late March through early June, with peaks during the first and second weeks of April and May. During the spring you will be able to locate turkeys by calling to them on their roosts in the morning, and hear them gobble in return to your calls. You can even learn to use a turkey call. If you get up before sunrise you may be able to watch them fly down from their roosts, and watch and listen to them as the toms display for the hens by spreading their tails, turning their heads red, white and blue, and hear them "spit" and "drum" while they are on the feeding and strutting areas. We can do much of our viewing and photographing from within the vehicle in may of the areas where we run these tours. View T.R. Michels' Turkey Research. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures North American Natural History Eco-Tour Schedule. Read articles on these tours. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures Natural History Eco-Tours
Elk Bugling Tours
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We offer elk bugling and viewing tours to Custer State Park, SD; Rocky Mountain National Park CO; and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, WY. The best time to listen to the bulls bugling, and see them in hard antler is from early September through the middle of October, during the elk breeding season, or "rut" as it is called.
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We also have access to a captive herd of over 700 elk, including over 100 bulls scoring between 280 and 450 inches of antler length and mass (such as the two below). You can listen to these bulls bugle, and view and photograph them from late August through early November. You can view and photograph the beautiful elk calves from June through September. If you are interested in joining us on one of these elk tours e-mail us at TRMichels@yahoo.com. View T.R. Michels' Elk Research. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures North American Natural History Eco-Tour Schedule. Read articles on these tours. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures Natural History Eco-Tours
Wolf Howling, Viewing & Photography Tours
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Peak yearly howling of wolves often occurs during February and May, during the mating season, but you can hear them howl almost everyday in the evening. We offer wolf howling tours to northern Minnesota and central Wisconsin, and we can almost always hear them at the Wildlife Science Center in southeastern Minnesota. We can also watch and photograph gray wolves at the Minnesota Zoo. If you are interested in joining us on one of these wolf tours e-mail us at TRMichels@yahoo.com. View an article on Wolf Vocalizations. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures North American Natural History Eco-Tour Schedule. Read articles on these tours. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures Natural History Eco-Tours
Sandhill Crane Tours
Spring is the time when you can watch the mating dances of the Sandhill Cranes, summer is when you see them raising their young, and fall is when you can see them staging in large flocks in preparation for their journey south for the winter. We also regularly see great blue herons, great egrets, little green herons, numerous species of shorebirds, and several species of ducks and Canada geese on these tours; along with bald eagles, northern harriers, short-eared owls and ospreys. April - October.
View and listen to Sandhill Cranes, from Nebraska Game and Fish.
Listen to the guttural calls of these magnificent birds as they fly to the feeding fields, and feed in flocks of up to 300 strong.
Sandhill Cranes coming to feed at sunset. Tawnya Michels Outdoor PhotographyView Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures North American Natural History Eco-Tour Schedule. Read articles on these tours. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures Natural History Eco-Tours
Northern Owls, Woodpeckers and other Bird Sightings & Tours During the week of December 24-31 Great Gray and Northern Hawk Owls, Black-Backed and American Three-Toed Woodpeckers, Gray Jays, Pine Grosbeaks, Hoary & Common Redpolls, White-winged & Red Crossbills, Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finches,a Townsend's Solitaire and Snow Buntings were sighted near Duluth. A Snowy Owl was seen and photographed in Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota. And another one in southeastern Minnesota.
Tundra Swan tours
Listen to a Swan CallThe best time to see migrating tundra swans on the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota and central Wisconsin is usually from early October through November, after the northern lakes and rivers freeze up. There are always some bald eagles around at this time too. The tundra swans will leave this area for the east coast when the back waters of the Mississippi River or the Mississippi River itself, freezes over. In the spring they may be seen on the Mississippi again from late February through March, as they follow the opening up of the rivers and lakes on their way back to Hudson Bay and the Arctic coast.
Trumpeter Swan Tours
Swan mating ritual, T.R. Michels See photos of the complete Trumpeter Swan mating ritual at T.R. Michels Outdoor Photography.December through February is usually the best time to see the growing population of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Quebec trumpeter swans. You can find them just north of Minneapolis/St. Paul on the Mississippi river at Monticello, Minnesota. During March you may see the beautiful mating displays of these birds. You can combine this trumpeter swan tour with a bald eagle tour from mid-December through February, when there may also be mergansers and divers ducks in the area. Bald Eagle Tours
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We regularly see bald eagles throughout the year on our western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota tours. We have access to at least three sites where you may be able to view and photograph nesting bald eagles, including seeing the downy white chicks in the spring and summer.
1 year old Bald Eagle, T.R. Michels Outdoor Photography
We often visit the National Eagle Center and the Wildlife Science Center on our tours, where you can see captive eagles, hawks, owls, bears and fox, and see and listen to howling gray wolves. If you would like to join us on a swan, eagle or winter birding tour e-mail us at TRMichels@yahoo.com. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures North American Natural History Eco-Tour Schedule. Read articles on these tours. View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures Natural History Eco-Tours
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Other United States Natural Resources Related Sites Buffalo Gap National Grasslands Department of the Interior The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Bird Habitat Conservation is, to support partnerships that conserve habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife. Division of Law Enforcement, Forensic Lab Division of Refuges Fort Pierre National Grasslands Hunting: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Information related to hunting, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Gap Analysis Project Elk In Kentucky Species Information Bowhunter Observation Viewable Download Maps Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. National Marine Fisheries Service National Wetlands Inventory The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service produces information on the characteristic, extent, and status of the National Wetlands and deepwater habitats. Navajo Nation Department of Fish & Wildlife Navajo Department of Fish and Wildlife. Preserving Wildlife on the Navajo Nation with services from Animal Control, Wildlife Enforcement, Research and Management and Natural Heritage Programs. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Northwest Fisheries Science Center NWT Wildlife and Fisheries Homepage The NWT Wildlife and Fisheries Division web site provides information on NWT wildlife species, hunting and fishing regulations, legislation, publications and links to related wildlife sites. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Core Web Page Region 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home page of the Region 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, representing Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, a bureau in the Department of Interior. Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration The Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management administers 264 million acres of public lands, located primarily in the 12 Western States, containing natural, historical, cultural, recreational, and economic resources. USDA Forest Service USDA Forest Service national headquarters website; the home page and gateway to all Forest Service websites. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
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