Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Duck hunting season! No hunting license required.


Bald Eagle circling the bay. Looking southwest. Bodin's on the Lake in the background.


Circling back toward the east. Notice the ducks in the lower right corner.


Talons out and striking the water. Missing it's target.


Recovering from the "near' miss.


Flying off to recircle and try several more times. Finally giving up and flying off.

No guns, duck blinds, decoys, dogs and camo here.

I watched this Bald eagle circle the bay narrowing his circle until it focused in on a small flock of ducks.

It made several passes and then finally dove on the flock.

I watched this from about 1/4 mile away.

The photos aren't the best but I thought it was an unusual event worth posting.

Several times I started to move to get closer but worried about missing the show even though it was at a distance.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Early week road trip to Minneapolis, St. Paul




These photographs were taken in the Grantsburg Wi area. I counted 50+ sandhill's in this field.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

NO! Not yet please.





Well it's here. The top two photos were taken in the Drummond WI area. The bottom photo is a snow squall in the Mason WI area.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

A bike along the "West" trail.



The bike trail headed west. This trail follows the old railroad grade. It stretches from Ashland to Superior Wisconsin. Someday I hope to ride the entire trail with a little overnite camping along the way.



I missed most of the summer bike riding time. But views like this along the way help make up for it.

Monday, October 02, 2006

ShutterWi one year old today. Thanks to all!



Some stats. Five hundred thirty nine (539) posts. Ten thousand visits. 1207 photos. One million great memories. Priceless!

Northern Redbelly Snake. Storeria occipitomaculata




This little guy must have read the textbook regarding it's habitat and behavior. See this DNR site. This is one of several I saw today on my bike ride.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Why we live here.


The 5 year old's birthday party.



Big sister (aka the birthday girl) waiting to "catch" her brother at the bottom of the slide.



Her brother demonstrates his unique method of getting to the bottom.



Lining up.


Fall colors.


A watchful eye.


Youthful curiosity.