Today at the AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, I saw a sunset. I also saw a couple common loons, an eastern bluebird, a couple black-capped chickadees, only a couple Canada geese and lots of red-winged blackbirds.

Today at the AHATS WOA, I saw clouds.

Today at the AHATS Wildlife Viewing Area, I saw clouds. Not many birds yet. I did see two trumpeter swans flyby, but they didn't stop. The lake is still frozen. Saw four chickadees, two downy or hairy woodpeckers, one crow and a couple mallards.

Today at the AHATS WOA, I Saw the Bridge

Today at the AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, I saw the bridge, a few birds and some interesting clouds.



Kind of a cruddy photo but I don't think I've posted many shots of a northern flicker at the WOA.



I also saw a squirrel...he/she probably won't last long with all the predators around that area. Saw one osprey. Doesn't look like they're nesting on the Marsden Lake pole, however.

Yesterday at the AHATS WOA, I Saw a Sunset

Last night, I saw the sunset at the AHATS Wildlife Observation Area. It had been awhile since my last visit. It was nearly 60F.

There is still some deep snow around but most of the bridge was clear.  I saw a number of birds:  black-capped chickadee, American crow, mallards, Canada geese, both a male and female northern harrier, heard a red-tailed hawk, some gulls (probably ring-billed), couple downy woodpeckers, heard a pileated and a great blue heron flew by.

Previously at the AHATS WOA, I Saw a Sunset

Sunset-4562.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Here is another sunset from a while ago.

Tonight at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw Gulls

Gulls-40035.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I saw a group of six of these gulls tonight at the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area. I'm pretty sure they are Franklin's Gulls. I also saw chickadees, a male northern harrier and a sunset.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Tree and Cloud

Tree and Cloud2_44779_.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I saw the sun peaking through the clouds periodically this afternoon so I grabbed my gear and headed out to the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw Leftovers

Leftovers_40496.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

There are very...very few rabbits near the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area. In fact, I haven't seen a rabbit track in the snow anywhere near the area for quite some time. I suspect the rabbit that used to own this leg fed a thankful red-tailed hawk. I've seen hawks perching on this sign in the past.

I went out there tonight for the sunset.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Sunset

Sunset_44447.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Managed to make it out to the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area for sunset today. The temp wasn't so bad but the wind was biting.

Previously Near the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Curve in the Sunset

Curve_3692.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I made it out near the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area this morning but came home only with a crummy shot of a wild turkey. It was too blurry to share with the world.

It was very busy in the area so I opted to head home early.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Sunset, sort of

Dead Tree_41349_.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I only made it out to the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area for a few minutes today. Here is a quick 5 image handheld HDR processed in Nik's HDR Efex Pro 2.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw Fall Colors

Golden_40775.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

The colors are far from peaking at the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area but all the golds were nice tonight.

Previously Near the TCAAP WVA, I Saw the Sun Set.

Sunset_9071.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Here is a sunset series shot from the highest point in Ramsey County.

Today Near the TCAAP WVA, I Made HDR Photos

Abandoned Tracks_1673_.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I'm really loving NIK's HDR Efex Pro2. Here are a couple shots I made tonight. I really tried to get them to look as I saw them. They are close but still look a little HDR-ish. What do you think?

Previously at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Sunset

Sunset_1189.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

As of right now, I have posted 398 sunsets from the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area to my Flickr page. Here is another one.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Deer and Sunset

Deer and Sunset_0366_.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Had to do a little handheld three exposure HDR to get the deer to show up without blowing out the sunset. I'm starting to like using HDR to get those extra stops. I was going to realistic but I think there is a little "Elvis on velvet"ishness in this one. What do you think?

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Common Yellow-throat

Yellow-throat_9544.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I saw the yellow-throat family skillfully bug hunting tonight at the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area. They are very quick little birds so I was fortunate to catch this one hopping around on the trail.

The sunset was pretty cool tonight too:

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Vine on Barbed-wire

Vine on Barbed-wire_0864.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I worked this vine for a while with the Nikon P310 because I was too lazy to bring the other gear to the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area.

This is what else I saw: trumpeter swan, eastern phoebe, eastern kingbird, eastern bluebird, cowbirds, American robins, some sort of warbler and a woodchuck. Oh...and the osprey landed on a nearby tree in front of the sun and ate a fish.

Today at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Muskrat or Something

Muskrat_8736.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I'm pretty sure this is a muskrat I saw along the road by the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area tonight. It has a young one with it but they ran into the trees and tall grass before I got an angle for a shot. This shot was handheld with the 500mm f4 + 1.4xTC.

Saw a nice sunset too:

Previously Near the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Watertower

Minneapolis.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Here is the water tower within the Arden Hills Army Training Site with Minneapolis in the background.

Here is another view of the water tower in front of a great sunset.