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who's going? where???? i skip the first week........i'll head to itasca cty the week after.

there a bugger to clean but oh so worth it. mom used to brown it rolled in flour and salt and pepper. put it in a roaster add onions, dry onion soup mix and bake it. depending on how bog or old it was pretty much depended on how long it needed to bake!!!!! usually a good 3-4 hours!!!!

Any recs on how to find a good general dentist in Stamford? I will be paying cash. Getting a referral from a trusted friend or family member would be nice but let's say this isn't an option. Thanks

One legged swan. Not really but it does look like it.

I have never eaten one. How do you cook it?

always cool to see them!!!!!!!! taste pretty good to. but boy did they change the laws on how you can harvest them.

First snapper yesterday. It was looking for Leech! Was that Leech?

Baked taters grilled pork chops and Califlower . Had better Califlower though.

Sunset last night on Burntside lake.

Just don’t know where else to put this ray of hope.

We get eggs from locals who have chickens. The difference in shelf life between washed and unwashed eggs was weird the first time I heard it. Months for unwashed; maybe a month for washed. Farm fresh is a fair amount different than from the grocery store. Bigger yolks and thinner shells are two of the more noticeable differences. I had my first red yolk eggs a few weeks ago. Kinda freaked me out but it’s no big deal really.

Nature is pretty rad. I think it's cool the eggs can just sit there for some time. Especially because it can get quite cold. There are sometimes a dud or two and I first thought it might be because they froze before mom incubated them but they always kick off. When I have done post mortem examinations of the duds they always have almost completely developed ducklings inside. I've never found one that was just some yolk.

No mosquitos yet, plenty of flies the last couple of days and here is my first spider outside of the house!

I’ve never studied it but I’m pretty sure she has to be full time incubating before they all start.

I have a bunch of people telling me to install a camera in the box and set up a webcast. I know my parents would love it. Especially my dad, who built the house. If I ever get around to it, I'll post a link.

I wish I would have caught them taking the leap and deciding which mom to follow. I saw them that morning and it looked like about 2/3 went with one and 1/3 the other. Definitely some gansers in the mix too. I've caught the leap once out of 5 years. I track it pretty close and can predict within about 5 days window of when I need to watch in the morning for mama duck to fly down and wait. I had it nailed last year but real life prevented me from seeing it happen. It's interesting to me that the duck lays an egg or two a day and they pile up over the course of a week/week and a half. But they all hatch on the same day. Crazy. It must have something to do with development kicking off when mama duck starts sitting on them full time. It's cool that those first layed eggs just sit there in a state of suspended animation waiting for mom to start full time sitting on them.

That’s amazing. The imprinting, or natural genetic bonding, or whatever makes that happen is awesome.

Agree, I've seen the gansers fly in, drop an egg and leave. Wood ducks will also sometimes drop an egg and leave it for someone else to sit on. But I've definitely had two wood ducks incubating eggs before, even though duck experts say that doesn't happen. They were piled up like that for weeks. Everybody hatched on the same day and they split up into two broods on the pond.

I think when the box is full of eggs it isnt more then 1 wood duck its usually stupid mergansers invading the wood ducks nest. Can tell the eggs are a little smaller.

Life finds a way. No idea on how many eggs.

interesting and thanks!!

Looks like this place is moving: Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store prepares for big move I will also be taking a detour when I visit that way again as this sounds like a mess I want to avoid on my way to the cities:

Early this year. I saw Suzie Wood Duck fly out of the box this morning, so I thought I would check on the egg status and there was another hen still in there. Couple years ago I had a lesbian couple set up a dual nesting shop in there with 30+ eggs as well.

That is Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.

Anyone need or know of anyone looking for a dog kennel. It's 6 X 6 and comes with hardware to put together. For the low low price of 2 cases of Mickey golden light beer and coming to cold spring to pick it up it's yours