Frank, here is that little swamp bird I was telling you about. A small, secretive bird of freshwater marshes, the Sora is the most common and widely distributed rail in North America. Its distinctive descending whinny call can be easily heard from the depths of the cattails, but actually seeing the little marsh-walker is much more difficult.

My other blog.

http://wlinnlinn.blogspot.com/2009/11/bald-eagle-for-frank-and-gang.html

SB200

The SB200 with a few parts removed.

For Frank and Joe

More views of the ATS-3. Power, headphone, and key jacks.

A view of the business end of the ATS-3. Powers on with cw sidetone, identifying the band. A single press of the Menu button announces the frequency in CW.

This is the iambic paddles my nephew gave me several years ago.
http://www.wa0itp.com/n5drbpadpix.html

This is the home-brew tuner, built by Fred, W7KCP, a local OT who is now in Assisted Living and no longer on the air. It will handle lots of power and tunes my wires FB...

ATS-3 (Ham Radio

Frank and Joe, this is the ATS-3. The enclosure is quite simple, consisting of two Altoids tins with the lids tack slodered together. One houses the transceiver and the other is storage for the extra band modules and battery leads. Most of the time I also have a nine volt transistor battery which will provide about 3 watts output for several hours of operation.

Canadian Jay (Camp Robber)

A quiet bird of the conifer forests, the Canadian Jay is better known as "Camp Robber." Camp in the northern woods for any length of time and these birds will show up. Silently drifting out of the conifers to confiscate food scraps, they become quite bold in short time.

Pictured here is one of a pair that were feeding on elder berries growing along an old logging road in the Lindstrom Peak area south of St. Maries, ID. (Where I live.)

Ready for winter?

Bev and I Stopped at the Giant White Pine on White Pine Drive for a pic-nic lunch and we were joined by this little pine squirrel, who was busily working the fir trees for cones. They cache cones in tree cavities and on the ground around stumps and dead trees, etc., for winter food banks.

The Moose

Frank, just for you.. This picture was taken through the dirty windshield of my pickup so it is not a good, sharp photo. I was able to get only one fairly decent picture out the open side-window.

"Talking it Over"

Thought I'd better update my blog with some recent pictures.. (Or quit it entirely.. seems these things are always a hassle to update.)