I’ve never been much into ballet or most classical music…although there are a few of the old songs that I like now and then. But ballet…no…sorry, it’s just not my thing. So when someone mentions Swan Lake, my thoughts turn, not to the stage, but to the marsh…in the spring…when the ice comes off and … Read more
Spring time means different things to different people but for me, it usually means watching swans at a local marsh. This year there are more there than I’ve ever seen. Several hundred would be my conservative estimate. And to think at one time in the US the species was down to about 70 birds. It … Read more
My wife thought this looked like an ocean wave behind the eagle, but I had to assure her it was indeed taken in Iowa. It would seem rude of me to sneak off to a sunny warm beach just to get a snapshot of an eagle, while she froze back home. River dams and spillways … Read more
The worst appears to be over for those of us in the upper Midwest…record snowfall for the last month or so, followed up with bitterly cold temperatures…made for some tough living conditions for just about everything around here. Pheasants were abundantly seen on the snowy “tundra”, scratching for whatever food they might find buried beneath … Read more
On this day, the air temperature was well below zero. A brisk wind made it feel even colder. But as is common with them, apart from a little frost on the brow and a few feathers, you’d never know this eagle was dealing with it at all. I pull for them in times like these, … Read more
I guess I could title this a couple of ways. Winters Final, or Finally Winter. It seems after one of the most mild winters we’ve had in quite a while, we are about to see the coldest temps we’ve seen in about 2 years. Single digit highs, with lows below zero. It’s kind of what … Read more