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Destructive fuzzy-tailed rat!!
1 year agoMight be a purple finch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_finch
Looks like some kind of sparrow. Wikipedia lists 28 species for the area. Little brown birds give me fits!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Minnesota#New_World_sparrows
I tried but downtown Virginia may be too bright. Too bad because it's a lovely evening.
1 year agoVirginia creeper can be quite vivid against green backgrounds since it turns red early. Some of it is turning here in Ohio.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia
Hopefully you can catch the Northern Lights tonight. They are predicting another good show.
1 year agoLoaded mountain ash tree!
https://campustrees.umn.edu/mountain-ash
You'd have to steer a tight line and go slowly, but I would think you could ride a trike safely across. Evidently you did.
1 year agoLast year we did ride our trikes on that bridge as we missed the sign. The aluminum was SO noisy!! The wildlife, plants and butterflies were amazing in the marsh. I have some wonderful photos of the wild irises. Glad you are seeing the fall colors coming to life.
1 year ago:) tee hee.
1 year agoI'm glad to be carrying this camera, despite its size.
1 year agoI was surprised the auto focus actually chose the web as the subject.
1 year agoIt was, although once on the Mesabi trail rather less so. Less traffic, and the fog cleared sometime after 10.
1 year agoNo, that’s a lake.
1 year ago
Looks like a goldfinch
1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_goldfinch