Bulking up for the cold
Mom and Dad Pileated once again visited the back yard. Temps are dropping so all of the birds are eating more than usual and the yard is full of activity. We also believe that we spotted 2 females on our walk this am, so we may have 2 females keeping our male busy....
Happy New Year
Hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous holiday season and a great New Years weekend. Tina and I grabbed a last minute flight to join some friends for a dive trip in Cozumel. Several of the days were spent watching our first real Mexican winter storm... consisting of...
Ever had an itch to watch professional bike racing?
Ever had an itch to watch professional bike racing? Now in it's 10th year, the 2008 Nature Valley Grand Prix will showcase Minnesota with stages in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cannon Falls, Mankato and Stillwater. The race will be held June 11-18, 2008. Also this week, USA...
A Family Christmas
This year, Tina and I joined our family in Kansas City. Jeff flew in from Florida and Steve drove up from Texas. Marcel, Phaedra and Zander visited her folks in Parkville, MO and were able to join us for a brunch on Sunday, 12/23. For me, one of the highlights was...
Beginning of a new era
The revamped Astana cycling team, now under the management of former Discovery director Johann Bruyneel, is in Jávea, Spain, for a training camp this week. Article and pictures Filed by Graham Watson, Dec. 20, 2007 for Velo News
Zander's first Christmas concert
On Friday evening, Tina and I joined Marcel and Phaedra to watch Z's first school concert. The 2 classes sang a number of songs together entertaining the crowd of parents and grandparents. The concert was held at Little Voyageur's Montessori School. We also received...
Male Pileated Visits
The male Pileated finally showed up this morning. He spent a few minutes playing in the yard, then pushed the female away from a hole she was working on before flying off. She went back to the hole for a few more minutes and then left. Great fun to finally see the...
Is the threat of climate change real?
A friend asked me if I thought climate change was a real threat? He pointed to an article at http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/ countering the idea and went on to suggest that: "...the issue (in my mind) is whether there is a political agenda and/or an effort to...
Spiderman visits me
Last night, spiderman visited our home and showed me how to throw a spider web. He said I should call him if I ever needed rescuing. I wonder who the masked man was.
New backyard visitor
Several days ago, a pair of pileated woodpeckers visted our back yard. This weekend, the female started several days with a breakfast of peanuts on our upper deck. Due to her size, I have now swapped out the feeder for a larger peanut feeder to give them a bit more...