While I was visiting my family in Minnesota last week, I took daily walks through a small wooded area. They had a lot of snow this year and the snow melt created several small swampy areas. Every day I would see these birds flying around, darting down to the water and back up to the …
“When the Red, Red, Robin”
"Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along." There were a lot of robins bobbin' along while I was in Minnesota. Maralee
Minnesota Birds
The loon is the Minnesota state bird and the Canadian national bird. When I was growing up in northern Minnesota I used to love to listen to its mournful call. So I was happy to see several loons on a lake near my mom's house. Loons are agile divers and can stay under water for …
Weekly Challenge: From Above
This was a perfect challenge for me this week. I flew to Minnesota to visit family and on the leg from Bend to Portland, I was flying in a propeller plane and had a window seat. On one photo, I was trying to use a low aperture and high shutter speed to stop the motion …
My 500th Post – Critters
These critters where hanging around outside my office window yesterday. The squirrel was eating leftovers from the bird feeder. The blue jay is way too big to perch on the bird feeder, so the next best thing is the tree branch next to it. I will be absent from my blog for a few days …
Through My Lens 