Sunday, March 8, 2009

And the Winner is......

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Thanks to everyone for participating in Caption Contest #1. It was hard to choose a winner because all the captions were so clever and funny...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

California Birding Adventures

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Greetings from California! I arrived in Sacramento late last night after an uneventful flight and my brothers picked me up at the airport. ...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Caption Contest #1

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If you're a follower of Bill of the Birds Blog , you've no doubt enjoyed the caption contests he's been hosting (click here for...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

A Sunday Afternoon Drive

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So much seems to be happening on the weekends now that I'm getting days behind with pictures and stories to post in this blog. But now t...
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Monday, March 2, 2009

Redpoll Palooza

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Watch this! I love these little common redpolls. They're definitely early birds--this video was taken around 7 AM. They flock to the fee...
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS!!

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I was up and outside early before sunrise again this chilly (6 degrees) March 1st morning. I wanted to get some video of all the Common Redp...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Winter hangs on

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Fortunately for us, today's Winter Storm Warning turned out to be less severe than originally predicted. We had a little "thunder ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Snowy Weekend

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We were in a winter weather advisory from 6 PM Friday evening until noon on Saturday. The weather service said we could get anywhere from 2...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Friday, Feb. 20th

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I'm really digging having Fridays off and today was no exception. It's nice to sleep until 6 AM (instead of the usual 3:45) and toda...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Can you stand any more possum stuff?

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We had a little dusting of snow overnight and the temperature was just below freezing, so when I let Sophie out this morning, here's wha...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Following a Dream

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I had a meeting this morning with one of the people I support (work-wise) at IBM. He's a guy who's "in the know" about wha...
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Great Backyard Bird Count

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I had too many other things going on yesterday to start my Great Backyard Bird Count, but today Mr. Johnson had to go into work for a few ho...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.......Tasty!!

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I stopped at my local Wild Birds Unlimited store last Saturday to get some mealworms for my chickadees and wouldn't you know it, they ha...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Evening Cardinals

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It felt like spring here today with a high of 47 degrees--not a record, but we still enjoyed it. The winds finally died down later in the a...
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Monday, February 9, 2009

Fixes for My Fiber Addiction

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One good thing about our cold Minnesota winters is that I can wear sweaters for at least 6 months. I haven't started or finished a sweat...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Friday Fun

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I've got to use up my 4 days of PTO before my job is done at the end of February, so I'm slowly easing my way into unemployment by t...
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