Long-tailed Duck

by | Oct 30, 2010 | Birding

2 Artic Birds in the same week!!!  Tuesday, I watched the Snow Buntings and yesterday I followed a MOU post over to Vadnais Lake and saw my first male Long-tailed Duck.  Linda W and I viewed a female Long-tail in Prescott last winter, but this was a first...

Snow Buntings

by | Oct 29, 2010 | Birding

I experienced my first up close look at a Snow Bunting this past week.  I have seen these guys before in fast moving flocks but this was a first to watch them walk on the ground and peck at food.  Very beautiful bird. The Snow Bunting is a bird of the high...

Tim & Pat Visit

by | Oct 24, 2010 | Personal

Our good friends Tim & Pat came for a weekend visit and we all had a great time.  We ate and drank a bit too much, went sightseeing in the old mill district of Minneapolis, met old friends for dinner, went dancing in an old road house bar in Golden Valley and...