I'm Dreaming of a RED Christmas?

A red Christmas it is! The dreaming is over, the house is red from top to bottom. The neighbors are seeing red. Keep watching for more photo's to come.

Coyote?

Look who is sharing the trail with us. Yep, for the third time this year, Kim and I have run into Coyotes. This time, just two miles from our house. No wonder the rabbit population is down in our area. He or she walked down the trail as if they owned the place, and in natures why they do. But once it went in to the tall grass, it blending right in.

With this being Thanksgiving week, it can only mean one thing! it must be time to decorate the house for Christmas. Now if it would only snow. Stay tuned for this years color.

Still Looking?

Keeping with last weeks blog, I thought I would show some more examples of what to look for. Do you see the two Tree Sparrows along the side of the road. Click on the photos and you will see them. Hawks are the easy ones this time of year. Just look in the trees to large vertical objects, off smaller branches.

So keep looking, you never know what you will find.

30 days until ice fishing season starts? last year Dec 10th!

How do you see that?

How do you see that? That was the questions that I use to ask my late brother Tom. We would be driving down the road, walking through some field and he would say " Did you see that!" and I would always say " See what?" Tom taught me to look for was does belong in what you are looking at. We all get tunnel vision, we drive the same way home, walk the same path or you spouse buys something new and just sets it out waiting for the 48 hour rule to kick in. Our brains get used to looking at the same thing over and over. This Sharped Tail Grouse blends in very nice in to the leafs. Or look into the stream, notice the Snapping turtle? So look around next time you are out or even in your own home. You never know what you will find. "Did you see that!"

Just Stopping By

The move south is in full swing in our area. The residents of the tundra and Boreal Forest are traveling to warmer climate. I found these family of Sand Hill Cranes on a back road of Wisconsin on their way to Texas.
These American Wigeons are heading to the Gulf Coast. And this Fox Sparrow on its way to the Southeastern United States.

If you look up when ducks fly over head, keep your month closed.