The April ice storm was hard on the yard trees. Gordy Ebnet rose high and higher to trim damaged branches.

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The April ice storm was hard on the yard trees.  Gordy Ebnet rose high and higher to trim damaged branches.

The April ice storm was hard on the yard trees.  Gordy Ebnet rose high and higher to trim damaged branches.

The eye of a mallard hen.

The eye of a mallard hen.

I came out of a Barnes & Noble store in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and saw this nesting mallard.

I came out of a Barnes & Noble store in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and saw this nesting mallard.

This mallard is nesting in a planter outside a busy bookstore. I hope she wasn’t the one smoking the cigarettes.

This mallard is nesting in a planter outside a busy bookstore. I hope she wasn’t the one smoking the cigarettes.

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Rocky Raccoon checked into his room. This raccoon is no Rocky. It checks into my bird feeders at dusk.

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room. This raccoon is no Rocky. It checks into my bird feeders at dusk.