I just got a call from the traveling family unit and it sounds like they will be in Duluth well before 5:30 so most of the to do list is out the window. Before I go, I do have to share a couple of images from Carpenter Nature Center this morning:

I am overwhelmed with Minnesota in October! How could we not have a great day of banding working in a landscaple like this? The icing on the cake was having a peanut covered carmel apple for lunch while drinking in this view.

The fall sparrows like this white-throated sparrow complimented the landscape with their muted beauty.

FYI for next week--one intense contest. The prize: an autographed Letters From Eden!