Back on the Road

Been a while since I've wrote anything on here, but here goes. We had some time off roughly ten days and we went up to northern Minnesota to do some birding, then spent some time down in Sioux Falls with my family. Sadly I didn't get to see my father, as he was heading to Tennessee to get Wyatt; my little brother.

Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Two Male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks

On our way to Sioux Falls we happened to stop at a rest area that had bird feeders set up behind the building! Got to see some Baltimore Orioles, Downy Woodpecker, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and plenty of American Robins and House Sparrows.

We took my sister and mom down to the Omaha Zoo. My mom had never been down there before. She really enjoyed it a lot! Haven't had time to go through my pictures yet but plan to put up a few photos later. Got some very neat shots of Jellyfish! All and all it was a great day with the family!

This Robin's nest was in my sister's garage on top of her rake! She's not a bird person so I watched the nest and never saw the momma in the nest. The last day we were there I checked the eggs and was hoping for new chicks but the nest had been found by a savager bird; sad.

We are now back on the road and heading to Ft. Worth, Texas.