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Rich On TV – Next Monday: Minnesota Live

Background, Year 11

KSTP Channel 5 in the Twin Cities has a live morning show. It’s title is Minnesota Live, and this coming Monday, October 7th I will be their guest. In a 5 to 10 conversation I will speak about these subjects:

  • Bird Photography
  • Cornell’s Bird App: Merlin
  • Cool Birds to See this Fall
  • How I Became Interested in Birding as a Child
  • My Children’s Owl Picture Books (PDF’s available for free)

Obviously that is a lot of content for such a short time period. Regardless, you may watch live streamed from the KSTP web site. I do not know the exact time I will be featured on the program, but the show airs between 9:00 and 10:00 am. My segment may be available after the fact. Here is Minnesota Live’s web site (including live viewing link)

Boreal Forest to Asphalt Jungle

Year 10,

Yesterday started with Pine Grosbeaks and Bohemian Waxwings at the tops of the Boreal Pines in northern Minnesota, and ended with the wedding of Peter and Catherine ( #EnzGame ) at the top of the Asphalt Jungle at Windows On Minnesota in Minneapolis (top of the IDS Tower … floor 50). I had not been to the top of the IDS for over 30 years when I took my middle son, Carl, out for dinner on his first day ever of school (kindergarten). The public restaurant no longer exists. My other son, Erik, was best man. I shall ever remember Peter as the young man who raced the American Birkebeiner in his striped green and white pajamas (Note: Peter is a good skier, and they were NOT pajamas, but it was my name for his ski uniform.)

Northern Minnesota Boreal Forest (pine grosbeak – female)

Southern Minnesota Asphalt Jungle (still beautiful!)

These images stretch from minutes before sunset (about 4:45 pm) to around 9 pm. The photos were taken with my Sony A6300 and a wide angle lens stabilized on a small tripod, and also using a photographer’s shade that attached to the window and allowed me to insert my camera in the dark environment.