A Day @ TCAAP

by | May 16, 2011 | Landscape

Today was one of those really special days.  I was able to bird & ‘wander’ the TCAAP grounds for 4 hours.  The property is amazing and could be a real treasure to Ramsey County and the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. The Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant...

Baltimore Orioles in the backyard

by | May 14, 2011 | Birding, Landscape

A great week observing spring bird migration.  One of the backyard highlights were 5 Baltimore Orioles that arrived Tuesday and are still here.  Tina filled the grape jelly containers, cut up some oranges and bought some mealworms (Offering mealworms to...

Buckthorn Busting

by | Mar 27, 2011 | Landscape

The St. Paul Audubon Society put together a team of twelve to help 220 other volunteers pull Buckthorn from Snail Lake Regional Park.  Ramsey County sent in teams prior to the event to cut bushes through out the park and our job was to drag the debris out to the...

View from Rattle Snake Point

by | Oct 11, 2010 | Landscape, Photography

Spent the weekend in Frontenac at a Yoga retreat with my wife and some friends.  On Sunday afternoon, we hiked up to Rattle Snake Point at the far north end of Frontenac State Park.  Fall colors were awesome, the weather was summer like and we hiked with our...