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Aziza's world view changes
At Christmas this year, we met Aziza, a young lady from Kyrgyzstan. Phaedra's folks host one or 2 foreign exchange students each year and Aziza is...
3 Pileated
Friday, the male Pileated Woodpecker stopped by to eat and this was the 1st time we had seen him since 12-15-08. Saturday, we had our first sighting...
Visit to the MN Raptor Center
Woke up to a bright sunny day but cold temps, so we decided to try something new. We picked up Zander (our 4 yr old grandson), and drove to the St....
Building an R2-D2
Yesterday, Zander and I spent 3-4 hours building a R2-D2 model out of legos. The unit contains a battery driven motor and actually walked/spun...
Raptor Center busy with snowy owls
The scientists at the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota are having a busy winter. They're nursing starving birds back to health and...
Favorite Moments of 2008
I have had a wonderful year learning bird species and how to photograph them. As 2008 comes to a close, I wondered which ones were my favorites. ...
Enjoying the Adventure
This site chronicles the adventures of Ben & Tina Wilson.
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