Boreal Chickadee

by | Jan 25, 2010 | Birding

Tina and I celebrated our anniversary up north this past weekend.  We spent one of the days driving around in the Sax-Zim bog bird area of northern Minnesota.  One of the highlights was watching a Boreal Chickadee feeding on suet from a deer carcass at a...

American Tree Sparrow

by | Jan 18, 2010 | Birding

Went birding this morning with some friends in Lilydale.  Saw quite a few species but no owls.  One of the ‘cute’ birds was the American Tree Sparrow. “The American Tree Sparrow is a common winter visitor in backyards all across southern Canada and the...

32 years and counting

by | Jan 11, 2010 | Family

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, I celebrate my 32nd anniversary of marriage to my best friend, Tina Guse Wilson.  We met in West Berlin Germany in the fall of 1976 as kids and have been in love ever since.  Like any good marriage, we have had our ups and downs, but...

Birding in Boerne

by | Jan 7, 2010 | Birding

One of my tasks this week was to clean out Lightroom of images that were bottom of the barrel and taking up valuable hard drive space. No one ever wants to see your less than clear images, or the 3rd best. While going thru the July images, I came across a series from...