It's a western kingbird.
Flodman's thistle and a prairie rose.
The Pelican Breeze
Please join me as I host on July 3 at 1:30, August 21 at 1:30 and October 2 at 4:00 p.m.
ABOUT THE PELICAN BREEZE II PELICAN BREEZE II CRUISE BOAT
The Pelican Breeze II Tour and Dinner Boat, on Albert Lea Lake, is a 60-foot pontoon river-boat styled boat with a seating capacity for 55 and we are licensed for 62. It features 2 smoke stacks, a paddle wheel, wet bar, tables, and can be enclosed for inclement weather.
Enjoy historically-narrated tours, specialty events or plan your own private outing any day of the week. Full catering services and entertainment are available upon request.
Every cruise is hosted by a Minnesota-licensed Captain and First Mate. The boat is U.S. Coast Guard and Minnesota certified for your safety.
Come cruise with us on beautiful Albert Lea Lake.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: 507-383-7273
E-Mail: pelicanbreeze@yahoo.com
Chautauqua in Waseca, Minnesota
Turkey vulture or wood duck?
It's difficult to determine which one is the most handsome.
I used to milk goats.
They could always get my goat.
A squirrel offers a helping paw.
The poultry I have raised in past.
Polish chickens.
I had to clip the feathers on the rooster's head so that he could see and not walk into the walls of the henhouse.
A peacock insisted on feather dusting the ground.
Guinea hens were supposed to eat ticks and scare rats away. We had guinea fowl, ticks and rats.
The potholes and prairies
Near Carrington, North Dakota.
Common black hawk
A common black hawk near Cottonwood, Arizona.
I thought it might have been the extremely rare (never seen even once) common black and blue hawk. It's said to be much clumsier than the common black hawk.
A red squirrel making a sandwich.
A leucistic robin.
Photo by Jack Madson.
What happens when a blue jay runs into a Cooper's hawk in a dark alley.
Photo by Ruth Searle.
Photos from here and there
Taken by Greg and Terry Tellier.
An osprey.
Burroeing owl
Swell photos from a friend.
Four photographs taken by Bryce Gaudian of Hayward, Minnesota.
Sandhill crane pair with colt.
This red-winged blackbird is no fan of cranes.
Ma and Pa red-winged blackbird.
Ring-billed gull.
A feeder in my yard blooms in goldfinches
And lilacs provide an enchanting and accompanying scent.
Two of my favorite birds
A red-headed woodpecker
And a black-capped chickadee.
Leucistic dark-eyed junco
Photo taken by Carol Bertelson.
Violets are on the march.
When I was a boy, I transplanted violets to our yard. I babied them and worried about their survival. I need not have worried. They are thriving.
A flock filled with red-winged blackbirds and common grackles.
Photos taken by Bryce Gaudian of Hayward, Minnesota at his farm.
