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Screech Owl Kind Of Day
As I type this entry, this is what the snow cloud RADAR looks like from KSTP. Non Birding Bill and I live in Minneapolis. The surrounding clouds kind of look like Oogie Boogie Man from The Nightmare Before Christmas about to nom us up. We may also b...
snOMG!
I love this female hooded merganser. I caught her the other day as she was splashing around Point Douglas. I guess the Minnesota weather elves heard all about the two feet of snow had by Washington DC last week and we’re supposed to get a sto...
Lilydale Christmas Bird Count
Last Saturday I helped out with the St. Paul Christmas Bird Count. I love the above photo, that’s two of our team members standing on the frozen Mississippi River counting ducks with the downtown St. Paul skyline behind them. My original inten...
The One That Got Away
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a squirrel loafed out on the top of the telephone pole outside our kitchen window. It seemed to be staring in, willing me to put seed out on the ledge of the kitchen window. It would then be able to walk the wires to gain...
Neck Bands on Swans and Geese
So, when I was out looking at the harlequin duck last week, I found a few banded birds at Point Douglas. It’s not the first time, last winter I got video of a banded trumpeter swan. I sent the band info along to the Bird Banding Lab and it tur...
Mom’s Christmas Cookies
I’m trying my best to get through all of my Christmas errands this week. Tonight I divide up honey to give to the family. Bill and I gave each other a Roku box for Christmas (which conveniently arrived early). This magical box allows us to watc...

