Trumpeter Swans in Minnesota?

Last fall on our trip to Alaska, we found a small group of Trumpeter Swans resting along the Knik river on their journey south. But, who would have thought that we would see the swans in Minnesota? As it turns out, a small group (about 600) of Trumpeter Swans spend the winter along the Mississippi River about hour northwest of our home.

I hope that the Grizzly Bears didn't follow also!

-14 Below!

How did you spend your Saturday? For Kim and I it was spending the day at the US Pond Hockey Championship at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. Teams from 34 states competed in the Championship on 24 rinks. There is so much hockey going you don't know which way to look.

And no, we where not the only ones on the ice but it sure felt like it. We had CBS, Fox and Star Tribune interview us about the cold weather. Must have been a slow news day. I have attched the links to CBS if you care to watch it.

http://www.wcco.com/video/?id=35615@wcco.dayport.com
http://www.startribune.com/local/13922437.html

You can also find more of our photos from the day at
http://picasaweb.google.com/ted.narveson

Eagles

This weekend we headed over to the Mississippi River looking to Bald Eagles. And we found them. We counted 36 Bald Eagles and two Golden Eagles. To see some of the photo's enlarged, double click on the photo's.

This photo you are going have to enlarge to look at. We counted 12 Eagles pearched in the trees.
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle and Common Golden Eye
Turkeys

Going to the Birds

As if we needed one more hobby, we started birding this fall and thought it was time to post some of the photo's of the birds in the back yard. You can find more of the photo's at http://picasaweb.google.com/ted.narveson and look in the bird folder.