Photo Gallery
A brilliant red sunset.
A blooming blue flag iris.
A majestic bald eagle in flight.
A group of kids laughing along the trail.
From grand scale to microcosmic. From a whole spectrum of colors to monochromatic. There's always something to be captured at the refuge. Captured with your camera, that is!
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Every week in every season brings a change in habitat, whether it is plants and trees in bloom, water level changes due to rain or management practices, grasses and sedges in the prairie, or resident and migrating waterfowl, insects, and mammals.
The Friends of Sherburne have created a guide to what may be found and "captured" at the refuge throughout the months of the year. The study of the annual calendar of changes in nature is called phenology. Our phenology guide (Nature's Calendar) can be viewed/downloaded here or hard copies are available at the refuge headquarters during normal business hours and at kiosks in parking areas throughout the refuge.
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Our photo galleries below give you a sampling of the beautiful flora, fauna, and fellowship you might experience while visiting the refuge. We invite you to stop by often and discover your own favorite time of year to hike, bike, fish or just drive through the refuge! Fishing can be conducted at the fishing access points and visitors can bike the Wildlife Drive during sanctuary.
PhotoFanatic?
The Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Photography Club holds meetings at the Oak Savanna Learning Center on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm.
They welcome and encourage new members to attend and all experience levels are welcome. They also schedule field trips, educational programs and other opportunities as they arise. Join their Facebook group for more information and to see what's happening!
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Do you have a photo you'd like to add to the gallery below?Email: FriendsofSherburne@gmail.com.
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Great Egret with snack at Sherburne Wildlife Refuge
Golden Winged Warbler at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge by Pamela Walz
Green Heron by Bruce Ellingson
Great Egret with snack at Sherburne Wildlife Refuge
May
Mist at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow Rumped Warbler at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Mist at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
April
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
March
American Tree Sparrow at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Sheila Skogen.
Prairie plants in February snow. Photo by Sheila Skogen.
Bald Eagle over dried weeds at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Photo by John Casey
American Tree Sparrow at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Sheila Skogen.
February
Frozen bubble
Winter Sunset at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Frozen bubble
January
Winter landscape at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Frosted trees
Frozen Pool at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Winter landscape at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
December
Milkweed at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Fall colors on the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge "Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive."
American Bittersweet
Milkweed at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
November
Sandhill Cranes flying by moonlight at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
Sandhill Cranes by Moonlight near St. Francis Pool in Sherburne NWR
Cloudy day on the prairie.
Sandhill Cranes flying by moonlight at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
October
Sunset over the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Spider and web
Milkweed
Sunset over the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
September
Migrating Monarchs at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Coneflower (ratibida columnifera) at dusk
Doe at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Migrating Monarchs at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
August
Butterfly Weed and Mascot at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
A storm coming in.
Scenic Sky at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Butterfly Weed and Mascot at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
July
Golden-winged Warbler at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Lupine at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Golden-winged Warbler at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge