Take a peek into the camera roll of TWI’s new Refuge Site Manager, Justin Seibert, and check out his nature and wildlife sightings from the past several months of 2024! Justin captured Sandhill Crane and geese families, a fawn, colorful native blooms, and more across the 3,000-acre Refuge.
Sandhill Cranes visiting the Refuge in March
Sandhill Cranes and Canada Geese at Violet Meadow
Justin and his dog River hard at work making repairs to the Prairie-Wetland Boardwalk
A four-foot bull snake sighted near Sandy Hollow
A Canada Goose family near the Violet Meadow marsh viewing platform
Wild lupine at Sandy Hollow in early May
Young fawn hiding in vegetation
Sandhill Crane with young colt in late May
Purple coneflowers by the observation tower
Bumblebee on purple coneflower
Pipevine swallowtail butterflies on milkweed
Sandhill Crane wading through the marsh
Trumpeter Swan pair
Northern pike being stocked at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes
Sandy Hollow at sunset in July