Game On!

This is one of those weekends that Kim and I look forward to each year. It's U S Pond Hockey Championships and the Barrett Jackson car auction. Once again both where fun to watch and dream, we both wish we could skate and own a classic car. This year the weather for the pond hockey was okay, not to warm and not to cold, but the +6 of snow that fell the night before, made for interesting play on the boards. We followed a group of guys from Michigan called the Pylons, they were fun to watch and I they could skate! They made it to the semi finals and I hope they come back next year. As for the cars, well it was fun to dream.

Should you be down south?

This winter, we have Snowy Owls for the tundra of northern Canada, and now I find a Blue Heron spending the winter and not going south? It does happen, but they look so out of place in the snow. This one looks healthy and has a friend to keep it warm, Mr. Beaver.

Snowy

Once every four years, Snowy Owls head south out the Artic and southern Canada in search of food. Snowy Owls primary food is Lemmings and run on a four year cycle. However, for some reason the Snowy Owls are back! That means, that I have to look for a white out of place bump in the snow and two yellow eyes. White on white and maybe some dog paid a visit to the bump of snow. After searching multiple squire miles of open fields and county roads, I almost gave up for the day. Might as well check out the Minneapolis airport, it has paid off before. For some reason, Owls like airports. After an hour of looking with nothing, their on the corner of a build was what I was looking for!! This immature Snowy Owl was watching the world go by and looking for a meal. Now my quest is to find a mature all white Snowy this winter. This Snowy was a great way to cap off our 2013 birding year with 124 different bird found this year in are area and 68 where found just in our backyard.