USA-visit 2012

   Rikard og jeg dro på ferietur til USA 27.juni -15.juli 2012. Vi besøkte familie i Minnesota, og dro på utflukter til bl.a. Thunder Bay, Canada, i nord, og til Black Hills og Yellowstone nasjonalpark i vest. Følgende stater var vi innom: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming og Montana. Samt en mellomlanding i Detroit, Michigan

   Flere bilder kommer nok.

   Takk til cousin Nancy og Rich i Knife River for et flott opphold!

Thank you cousin Nancy and Rich, Helen, Sally and Dana and all we met for a wonderful time and stay!

   (PS: Noen bildetekster ser ut til å være borte, men dobbelklikk på de hvite stripene så kommer ordene fram. Vet ikke hva problemet er, dette er noe nytt krøll nå i juli 2012.).

Ojard's Hidden Hill Knife River Minnesota

Helen & Nancy i Two Harbors MN 28.juni

Her er noen naturbilder:

Hvitstrupespurv Zonotrichia albicollis White-throated sparrow.

Knife River Minnesota 29.juni 2012.

Horned clubtail Arigomphus cornutus Knife River Minnesota 29.juni 2012

Twelwe-spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella Knife River Minnesota 29.juni 2012

Nasjonalfuglen Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus, ungfugl, Kane Lake Minnesota 29.juni 2012 

Minnesotas statsfugl, common loon (islom) Gavia immer Kane Lake Minnesota 29.juni 2012

Osprey (fiskeørn) Pandion haliaeetus Kane Lake Minnesota 29.juni 2012

Skogstur på 4-hjuling, Kane Lake MN 29.juni.

Fra venstre: Sally, Rich, Helen, Tanner, Rikard, Dana, Danielle, Hans

Blues-loving vandretrost (Robin) Turdus migratorius, living on the outside speaker at Sally &Dana's house at Kane Lake MN June 29.

Dana & Rich pontoon-boat-voyage Kane Lake MN 29.juni.

Anya, Nicole (Nicki) & Nancy July 4th. Knife River MN.

Bjorn June 30th Knife River MN.

Evelyn & Nancy June 30th Knife River MN.

Gretta & Bjorn June 30th Knife River MN.

Rich & grandchildren Evelyn and Gretta June 30th Knife River MN.

Sara & Nels June 30th Knife River MN.

Thomas in his grandparents jacuzzi June 30th Knife River MN.

Oliver "Ollie" the stickfetching waterdog of Knife River.

Oliver "Ollie" the stickfetching waterdog of Knife River, here shaking off some Lake Superior water June 30.

Laksand (Common merganser) Mergus merganser Lake Superior at Knife River June 30

Islom (common loon) Gavia immer Lake Superior at Knife River MN June 30

Totoppskarv (double-crested cormorant) Phalacrocorax auritus Knife River island  NR June 30

Gul lav Knife River island NR June 30

Knife River Lawn Mow co-worker, canada goose Branta canadensis June 30.

The Knife River Marina Watch Gull, Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus June 30.

River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis Lake Co MN July 1

Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata Lake Co MN July 1

Dragonfly expert Kurt (right) and fungi expert Mike, bog-walking in Lake Co MN July 1

Dragonfly expert Kurt, Minnesota Odonata Survey Project, Lake Co MN July 1

Spruce grouse Dendragapus canadensis Lake Co MN July 1

Fyret og fiskerbåten i Two Harbors MN 2.juli.

Rikard i Grand Portage indianer-område nær Kanada-grensa 3.juli.

Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea Grand Portage Cook Co MN July 3.

Taiga Bluet Coenagrion resolutum Grand Portage Cook Co MN July 3.

Off-line data-gaming i Thunder Bay, Canada 3.juli.

River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis Thunder Bay Canada July 3

4.July-paraden i Knife River MN 2012

Rikard i 4.july parade Knife River MN

Bjorn & Gretta (til venstre) July 4th Knife River MN

Rich, Gretta, Evelyn & Nels July 4th Knife River MN

Rich & Nancy koser seg med båttur med veteranbåten sin på Lake Superior ved Knife River MN.

Oliver, Hans & Rikard på båttur på Lake Superior ved Knife River MN,

Rikard på en helikoptertur over the Badlands Nasjonalpark SD 7.juli.

Rikard & Hans (& pilote) after chopper-ride over the Badlands SD July 7th.

Badlands NP i Sør-Dakota er et populært turistmål. 6.juli.

Badlands NP SD 6.juli.

Kalkungribb (Turkey vulture) Cathartes aura Badlands NP SD July 7.


Mount Rushmore SD 7.juli.

Rikard studerer bison i Black Hills 7.juli.

Bisonene kom av og til veldig nær bilen Black Hills SD July 7th.

Ung pronghorn-antilope Black Hills SD July 7th.

Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis Black Hills SD July 7h

Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis Black Hills SD July 7.

White-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Black Hills SD July 7.

Chipmunk Black Hills SD July 7.

Squirrel Black Hills SD July 7.

Rikard at 'Devil's Tower' WY 8.juli

Teton NP, WY, 10.juli

Rikard i Yellowstone NP, WY, 'Old Faithful'-geysiren før utbrudd 10.juli

'Old faithful' blows 10.juli

Male elk (wapiti) Cervus canadensis Yellowstone NP WY 10.juli

Buffalo Bison bison, Yellowstone NP WY 10.juli

Lake Itasca, Mississippi-start MN 12.juli

Hans & Joan 13.juli 'Guardian Angels' Hibbing MN

Dixie's biff Two Harbors MN 13.juli, mer enn en halvkilo...!

Oliver "Ollie" the stickfetching waterdog of Knife River, here playing with Rikard July 14.