Tag: Bluestem Prairie
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Day Six Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
While we traveled over 300 miles towards Alaska, today was so much more. We saw Greater Prairie Chickens AND Sharp-tailed Grouse performing on a lek. We were so close! If you have a chance to check C’s Facebook, the videos are so cool as they include the sounds and dance moves. An excerpt of the…
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Day Five Bluestem Prairie Spring 2025
We took the day off today to prepare for our Blind Date tomorrow morning. After lounging around all morning, we drove out to Bluestem Prairie. It was warm and sunny today, and the snow wasn’t bad. My knee did pretty well on the 0.5 mile hike to and from the blind. I took photos in…
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Day Four Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
We drove north over 350 miles today, from Clear Lake, IA to Dilworth, MN. The roads were clear all day, but not long after entering Minnesota, there was snow throughout the landscape. Many of the ponds and lakes were frozen as well. In some of the open water, we saw our first swans of the…
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Blind Date
I have been chuckling all day since adding “arrange Blind Date” on my to-do list. My proposed dates to reserve a Greater Prairie Chicken Viewing Blind in Minnesota were rejected late last night. Thus, the top priority today was reviewing open dates for the popular blinds at Bluestem Prairie and working one of these dates…
Me & C 