My Minnesota

Even though Minnesota has an early season for teal and geese, I don't (won't) hunt waterfowl when the temperature's in the 70...

I finally managed to get some mowing done in the back yard. The tractor was moving slowly enough that a frog had no trouble jumping out of t...

Tomorrow, weather permitting, is pick up day for this week’s Community Supported Agriculture [CSA] share. The forecast hints at the possibil...

As close as I can figure out, we have four or five pairs of ruby-throated hummingbird nesting around the house, two or three behind the hous...

This morning a brightly colored Baltimore oriole male arrived at the grape jelly feeder. We hope he hangs around and isn’t just passing thro...

The holiday weekend is over. The furnace tech visited this morning and said we’re good to go for the winter. We have two family birthdays co...

 After suffering through a “spring” that was more like a weak winter, and taking down the sunflower seed feeders due to avian flu, we’ve fin...

 Late yesterday afternoon, or early evening if you prefer, the back yard was visited by half a dozen whitetail deer in two groups of three e...

We finally seem to have moved away from a persistent threat of overnight frost. Highs in the sunshine are now in the upper sixties. Yesterda...

Yesterday afternoon we drove a circuit on the local roads around a large chunk of Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in Chisago County. W...

We learned something new this morning. Perhaps you already know about the air quality images of the Boundary Waters available online. We di...

For the past week or two, I've been refilling the oriole / hummingbird nectar feeder, hanging from the deck railing, with sugar water ev...

We're half-way through August. Have you noticed the wild cucumber showing and growing, almost like a Northern version of  kudzu ? Well, ...

From time to time in these blog posts I've mentioned the "wet spot" in our back yard. In Spring-time it's full of frog cho...

This morning the first sighting of ruby-throated hummingbirds occurred. About 8:15 am a male appeared at the window feeder in front of the h...

With less than a week left in April, I'd say it's officially "late April." According  to Minnesota Seasons , that means we...

A hummingbird showed up at the feeder yesterday. Perhaps with today's temperatures in the mid-80's it thinks Summer has returned. Fu...