Barred Owl sleeping in the sun
For the 3rd day in a row, we have observed a Barred Owl on the edge of a pond in Crepeau Park. He seems to spend the am sleeping and was not too bothered by me taking his picture. With this success, we may try for a Great Horned Owl this afternoon that is nesting out...
Fighting Brain Rot
Read a great post this am about fighting "Brain Rot". Alex Shalman defines it as "It’s when you forcefully stuff too much of the wrong information into your brain, to the point where both your thinking and behavioral patterns become highly disturbed." By continuing to...
Trumpeter Swan @ Black Dog
We made a quick trip to Black Dog Lake along the Minnesota River to day to see if we could spot any more eagles or the Trumpeter Swans mentioned in other blogs. We were treated to 2 different eagles and 15 magnificent Trumpeter Swans at the East Gate of Black Dog...
New Birds for our Minnesota "Seen" list
Tina and I spent the day birding along the Mississippi River. We drove and hiked at various access points that we could find between Shepard Rd and Newport, MN. The best viewing spot was in South St. Paul along the river where the Pigs Eye Power Plant discharges...
New Bike? Swap Meet time
I have been seriously thinking about building up a new bike...something in red maybe. Seriously, I need a urban/fenders/low maintenance/commuter/fun/cross/single?/ bike for riding between now and April when the roads are finally bike friendly again. I'll even use it...
Select a Candidate
If you are like me, you are getting tired of the political ads on TV and the radio. Most of these are simple fluff pieces either meant to make one candidate look good, or the opposite, to tear down his or her opponent. Just tell me - How do the presidential and senate...
Only 6 weeks to go 🙂
If you have a web site and want some fun filler, sample the array of Gadgets at Google.com/webmasters/gadgets. Here are hundreds of code snippets that you can customize for your own use. One example could be to announce, that we are going to be grandparents again in...
Minnesota Bike Atlas
The Twin Cities Bicycle Club and HI-Minnesota have teamed up again to produce a completely new edition of the Minnesota Bike Atlas - now in its 35th year of publication. With all new maps and an interactive CD which will blow your cycling socks off, this edition a...
Book Recommendation – Pedal Power
I just finished reading Pedal Power, The Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Public Life by J. Harry Wray. I highly recommend this read to any one interested in climate change, politics or just the fun of cycling. Wray is a bike enthusiast and Professor of Political...
Killer in the front yard
This morning, while drinking coffee, a new visitor landed in the yard, checked out the options, nabbed a sparrow out of mid-air and flattened him on the driveway. He then proceeded to fly off to the neighbors to eat breakfast. First time we have seen a Sharp-shinned...