I thought I would put together a group of photos I have been able to get of several birds visiting me this year. These are the times I wish I had a better camera and lenses. If you have pictures, please send them to add to this slide show. It would be good if you indicated what the bird is if it is not obvious, especially for those of us new to the bird watching scene.
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Calendar for Future Board Meeting
Join us for a VPTA Board Meeting. Everyone is welcome
Nov 9 Gene Moninger
Dec 14 Anne Krause
Jan 11 Jim Anderson
Feb 8 Susan Bauer
March 8 Leslie Selvy
April 12 Jim Pence
May 10 Annual Meeting
June 14 Gary Freking
A big thank you to all who share their homes for the monthly meetings.
VPTA Meeting Locations 2010 – 2011
The folling is a link to the 2010-11 VPTA Meeting Locations. We still need locations for the Feb, Mar and Apr. meetings. Please let Sherry Freking know or use the contact us page from this website, if you can host a meeting. Notice that the July 13th meeting has been changed to Solveig Bailey’s home at 1906 Lincoln St. S.
Skunk in a raccoon trap
We trapped a pesky raccoon a few weeks ago but kept putting the trap back out as we thought there might be another one raiding our bird feeders. Alas, a skunk found it’s way into the trap instead. It was a delicate removal operation that ensued, thankfully without, um, incident.
Lawn Care
We will be discussing the present state of our lawn care at the June 9th Board Meeting. Sherry Freking has done some research for this discusion that would be helpful to take a look at so everyone has the same information. The link below will take you to the page on the VPTA site that has 8 articles from the University of Minnesota Extension. This is for your information.
Lawn Care (this blue copy is a link, just click on it and another page will open with the permanent information listed on this site in the Pages)