Sightings

It is hard not to feel a connection to animals. ( except of course squirrels and cockroaches)

I have been lucky to see many in my walks lately.

There is a huge community of robins that winter along the creek below Minnehaha falls.

Today they were very active. Some were bathing in the creek!

Any ideas as to the identity of this mystery animal I saw running along the creek?

It seemed larger than a mink but smaller than I fisher.

I am guessing it was a big mink.

These beauties are hanging out at Sucker lake .

I think they are Tundra swans.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

A little off-topic but too cute to exclude.

This crow was making the case that he is not a water fowl.

Election Ads

Months ago I reached my limits of campaign ads.
Now that the election is 2 days away the TV is saturated with ads.
This AM ads are coming up on the web pages when I surf!
I am going into hibernation for a while.

Final Farewell to Indian Summer.

A sighting....

While walking at

Dodge Nature center I heard loud call.

I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of this Piliated Woodpecker.

This week on the Mississippi

St. Paul is prepared for flooding

although the levels are not nearly as high as they were in the spring.

Stone Arch Bridge

North Shore

Nothing is better than

fall on the North Shore.

Self- Portrait

The perfect fall day

No work got done today.

It was a beautiful weather.

In the morning,

my aunt Carole and I took a walk along the creek.

In the afternoon,

I took a leisurely bike ride around Mendota

and spotted these turkeys.

A Day at the Fair

I really wanted to photograph the Muscled ,tattooed ,tough -looking guy

who was taking pictures of the rabbits.

But I was too scared to do so.

Checking out the competition.

Depends come in handy in the poultry barn.

Did you know they spray paint the horses hooves?

I am not sure what fantasy was being acted out here. Something involving bejeweled women and midget horses.

The people of Europe must have been jealous of our Grandstand.

My Dad recalls seeing these locomotive crashes when he was a kid.

He thought they were boring.