Photos by John Beal of Medford, Minnesota.
A cedar waxwing nest in a crabapple tree.
Photos by John Beal of Medford, MN.
Laughing with the family flowers
Chicory.
Chicory is used to make a substitute drink for coffee.
Some people call it blue sailors. The legend is that a beautiful maiden fell in love with a sailor who left for the sea. She waited patiently for his return. The gods, knowing that her lover had drowned, took pity on her and turned her into chicory and she still wears sailor-blue blossoms.
A couple of photos from friends.
From Greg and Terry Tellier.
From Bryce Gaudian.
A sandhill crane.
A curve bird.
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.