First Visit to Wood Lake Nature Center

by | Apr 14, 2008 | Birding

As this was the first real spring day that we’ve had this year, Tina and I decided to visit the Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, MN. We spent about 3 hours hiking the paths and boardwalks, stopping often to look for birds and shoot some images with the new...

Morning Walk

by | Apr 10, 2008 | Birding

This morning started out slow… a Downy, 2 House Finch and several Junco’s. It may snow tonight, so I figured everyone was hiding. Bigs and I went for our morning walk and I decided to take my new binoculars “just in case”. While walking the...

Birds, Babies and Birthdays

by | Apr 3, 2008 | Family

The weekend of March 28-31 found much of the Wilson clan gathered in Arden Hills for a celebration of birthdays (Priscilla – 77, Christy – 25, Zander – 4), the birth of Isabelle Wilson to Marcel and Phaedra and some early spring birding. Mom and Dad...

Breakfast at the Wilson's

by | Apr 2, 2008 | Birding

We really do believe that this gal stops by every morning and we are just lucky some mornings to see her. Today, we had just put out new suet, walked inside and saw her back in a tree. After we were inside, she flew to the log, ate for less than 2 minutes and flew. To...

Penn Cycle Opens a new location

by | Mar 26, 2008 | Cycling

Last week, I started working part time for an old employer, Penn Cycle. They are opening a new store (#7) in Blaine, and I offered to help with the setup and sales until they get tired of me. It’s hard to imagine that it has been 11 years since I first walked...