by Priscilla H Wilson | Mar 20, 2015 | Birding, Photography, Writing
My sister, Pam and I spent a day this week driving around the 3,400 acres of Squaw Creek’s wetlands. We anticipated seeing thousands of Snow Geese. We drove and drove…finally one lonely Snow Goose sitting by the side of the road. We assumed he(she) was ill...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Feb 24, 2015 | Birding, Family, Photography, Travel, Writing
Our friend and guide in Nairobi, Dave Richard’s wrote a detailed report of the Wilson Safari in 2014: “At the end of July Priscilla Wilson and her family arrived for another safari and on the following afternoon we visited the Nairobi National Park....
by Priscilla H Wilson | Jan 6, 2015 | Birding, Photography, Writing
I had to have one more hike before returning home. Zero degrees, minus twenty-two wind chill, but sunny and beautiful. Ben and I bundle up with everything warm we have. Ben is wearing the warm, warm, warm blue coat that Rodney bought in Vienna in 1988. That was a fun...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Jan 4, 2015 | Birding, Family, Photography, Writing
Look out the kitchen window of Ben and Tina’s new house in Vadnais Heights, MN and you see snow, bird feeders and a stretch of woods beyond the wire fence complete with deer and wild turkeys. Two grandsons, five great grand children (ranging in age from ten to...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Jun 30, 2014 | Birding, Photography
Somedays it is amazing who shows up on your doorstep…or on your light fixture in this case. A friend called yesterday afternoon to tell me about a bird nest by our garage door. A scissor-tail flycatcher is the identity her husband gives the momma. I rig up my...
by Priscilla H Wilson | May 17, 2014 | Birding, Photography
“Priscilla, how many Mays do you think you have left?” the question I asked myself several years ago. Ask any birder and they will tell you nothing else should be scheduled during May while the warbler migration is happening. It is such a short and...
