AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2015 • NEBRASKAland 29
Michael Forsberg is a professional
nature photographer and contributing
editor to NEBRASKAland. To
see more of Mike's images, visit
MichaelForsberg.com.
The most involved blind was built
with the help of a rancher friend of
mine for a golden eagle nest on a
cliff face in Sioux County, Nebraska.
We put four t-posts in the ground
and built a plywood box frame
anchored to the posts with bailing
wire on a side slope across a small
canyon from the nest, then took rock
slabs from the area and stacked
those around and on top of the roof.
Built in the fall when the eagles
had dispersed, it was in place in
the spring and remained in use for
several years.
any shape or size. Those lightweight, inexpensive blinds are still usually my first choice
today.
Each photographic situation in nature demands a little different approach, so the tool
bag for blinds has become diverse and selection is made for the situation. Today some
blinds I use are homemade, some are manufactured and bought off the shelf and some
blinds are not really blinds at all. I've included a handful of my favorite blinds here with
the images that they helped create.
But just like hunting from a ground blind or tree stand, the most important thing is
you have to be out there, spend the time, do your homework, get into place before the
animals arrive, then don't leave the scene until after they do. If you do those things, build
trust and honor your subject, in the end you will be rewarded beyond measure by the
beauty and nuances of our natural world, whether you make photographs or not.
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