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Randy Runtsch
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Published in Wildlife Trekker

·1 day ago

Cardinals Enhance the Beauty of Winter

Many birds leave frigid climates in winter, but Northern Cardinals stay put — As I hiked along Silver Creek in Quarry Hill Nature Center on a February morning, I spotted a pair of northern cardinals perched in the brush. After taking a few photos, the camera’s display revealed frost on their feathers.

Northern Cardinal

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Cardinals Enhance the Beauty of Winter
Cardinals Enhance the Beauty of Winter
Northern Cardinal

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2 days ago

Use Google Alerts to Sell More Stock Photos

Use Google Alerts to gain insights into the stock photography marketplace — I supplement my income by selling photos on stock photography sites, including Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, and Getty Images. These sites report various details about photo sales, such as the date of each sale and the earned commission. But none of them provide clues about who purchased the photos and why. …

Photography

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Use Google Alerts to Sell More Stock Photos
Use Google Alerts to Sell More Stock Photos
Photography

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Published in Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·3 days ago

Sunday — A Day Made to Share with Grandparents

February Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Love & Hearts” — Grandparents are made out of love. Following church service on most Sundays during my childhood, my mom, dad, four brothers, and I would cram into the car. Dad would drive us twenty miles south from our home in Austin, Minnesota, to my paternal grandmother’s house in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Grandma was always excited and happy to…

Monthly Challenge

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Sundays — A Day Made to Share with Grandparents
Sundays — A Day Made to Share with Grandparents
Monthly Challenge

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Published in Plethora Of Pop

·4 days ago

The Surf Ballroom — Enduring Shrine to Rock and Roll

Memories and music of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper live on — I have lived between 60 and 100 miles from the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, for most of my life. The place has achieved fame worldwide as the last venue where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, Jr., played music for their fans. …

Music

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Surf Ballroom — Enduring Shrine to Rock and Roll
Surf Ballroom — Enduring Shrine to Rock and Roll
Music

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Published in Wildlife Trekker

·5 days ago

The American Avocet

Avocets are a joy to watch. They are photogenic and make good drawing subjects, too — I never tire of watching birds and wildlife near home in Minnesota. But exploring new places offers benefits, including meeting new people, hiking new terrain, and watching unfamiliar birds and other animals. A few years ago, I brought my camera and super-telephoto lens to a conference in Burlingame, California, near…

Birds

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The American Avocet
The American Avocet
Birds

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Published in Wildlife Trekker

·6 days ago

Muskrats, Munching through Winter

These natives of North America also inhabit Europe, Asia, and South America — After squirrels and rabbits, muskrats are the most common wild mammals I see in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. On recent visits to Quarry Hill Nature Center near home, two or three of these semiaquatic rodents stood on the ice of the center’s pond. You may have…

Muskrat

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Muskrats, Munching through Winter
Muskrats, Munching through Winter
Muskrat

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Published in The Frugal Journey

·6 days ago

Could Your Smartphone Replace Your Laptop or Desktop PC?

In my case, an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max could only partially replace the functionality and convenience of an Apple MacBook Pro laptop PC and a Windows desktop PC. But maybe it would work for you — In some ways, modern smartphones outperform the room-filling mainframe computers my dad, brother, and I programmed at various times between 1965 and 2015. Through electronic miniaturization, manufacturers pack processing power, high-fidelity audio, photography, video, navigation, location tracking, and more into these diminutive gems.

I Phone

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Could Your Smartphone Replace Your Laptop or Desktop PC?
Could Your Smartphone Replace Your Laptop or Desktop PC?
I Phone

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Published in Catness

·Jan 25

My Little Muffin

On the journey to becoming a cat lover — Last Thursday, my wife Kazumi and I received the call we had hoped for. A person from Paws and Claws Humane Society, a local animal shelter, told us we were first in line for a chance to adopt a kitten named Lizzie. Three years earlier, our beloved tuxedo cat, Lucas…

Cats

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My Little Muffin
My Little Muffin
Cats

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Published in Wildlife Trekker

·Jan 25

The Curious Case of the Opossum and the Orange

Local opossums munch on oranges and scrounge for scraps below a bird feeder — “Humankind must learn to understand that the life of an animal is in no way less precious than our own.” ― Paul Oxton My wife and I enjoy watching birds, squirrels, and rabbits in our backyard. Sometimes, bald eagles and hawks soar overhead. We occasionally even spot coyotes or red…

Opossum

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The Curious Case of the Opossum and the Orange
The Curious Case of the Opossum and the Orange
Opossum

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Published in Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·Jan 19

Rochester, Minnesota, is a Good Place to Be

January Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Hometown Pride” — Do cornfields surround the Mayo Clinic? I grew up in Austin. If you’re an American outside the Upper Midwest, it’s not the Austin you thought of. I grew up in Austin, Minnesota. In Austin, my dad worked for forty years for Hormel Foods, the maker of Spam, Black Label Bacon, Cure 81 Ham, and more. The…

Monthly Challenge

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Rochester, Minnesota, is a Good Place to Be
Rochester, Minnesota, is a Good Place to Be
Monthly Challenge

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