My Minnesota

The old saying about “a picture’s worth a thousand words” means that we’re providing a 4,000+ word posting today. We finally got around to t...

The other day, the Better Half observed that roadside asters had come into bloom. What she was referring to were shorter, with smaller flowe...

In one of the wetlands near our home there is a recent outburst of yellow flowers the likes of which I don’t recall ever seeing. The Better ...

 Until recently, I was unaware that May is  American Wetlands Month . As a waterfowler, wetlands are one of my favorite places. Ducks, geese...

It’s the time of year when some evergreens aren’t. Tamarack (larch) needles are turning gold and dropping. When autumn sunlight catches them...

Compared to most prior years, we’ve seen very few swans this year. Perhaps those that migrated north last spring haven’t yet returned. That ...

We celebrate two events close to my heart today: World Wetlands Day     Dakota : Mni Wiconi (water is life)       Ojibwe : Nibi gaa-bimaaj...

This morning we enjoyed a pleasant surprise as we went to rehang the bird feeders. A herd of about half a dozen whitetail deer were knoshing...

It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. (with apologies to Dickens) This morning I think I set a record for the earliest date I s...

Have you ever visited Crex Meadows  wildlife area? If not, you're missing a fantastic opportunity to view some pretty country plus multi...

We managed to upload our recent pictures to the computer. That means we can now share pictures to go with last week's posting about a b...

Our property abuts the Eastern edge of the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area [W.M.A.]. Several months ago we picked up a pamphlet publi...

We have several nearby wetlands with lots of tamarack growing in them. It's become obvious that they're annual color change, prior ...

More and more Canada geese are showing up in widely scattered fields this week. Last Summer's goslings are becoming young of the year. T...

Late last week we started to observe egrets in the marshes near County Road 36 in Carlos Avery WMA. All Summer, until then, we've seen ...

It was slightly more than a week ago that I first noticed some tall plants with the white umbels (umbellets?) and dark stems growing in a ma...