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Day 15, January 15, 2019, Tuesday

January 15, 2019 • Bear • Lisa Loucks Christenson • Minnesota documentary • Sam & the GRYT Adventures • Sam the Border Collie

Today the weather was cool, hovering around 35 degrees, with dark skies, but it didn't rain or mist like it did yesterday. The trails were icy, and that made walking and hiking up them hard to remain on the slopes, but coming down the bluffs that was more difficult.

While hiking, I found some different looking scat today. I can't identify it. No hair, just odd looking pieces and chunks of something. I just couldn't identify what that "something" was. As I walked in deeper, I heard moaning, the kind a bear makes in the woods, and not a bird sand, except for a solo crow, a couple, blue jays, and a pileated woodpecker. Whatever it was, It was traveling at a good pace up to the ridge anyway.

From the time I arrived until I left, I heard intermittent barking. From the tone, it sounded like a female coyote, and by the end of my visit it had crossed my path and was on the same side of the bluff as me. Usually I see the male coyote hanging around me. I wonder if this one lost a mate?

I saw two eagles in the valley and one on the way to the valley today. The pair in the valley circled each other until they were at least a couple thousand feet in the air flew towards each other and I could hear their calls. I watched as they locked talons and dropped from the sky. It's always fun to see this behavior, same with the hawks.

January 6, 2019, Sunday, Day 6, Year 15

January 07, 2019 • Bow Wow Detectives® • Homemade Fudge sold in a rotating selection of 162 flavors • Lisa Loucks Christenson • Local Rochester Minnesota artist • Minnesota documentary • Year 15 Lisa's Bald Eagle Documentary

Today I took Sam with me on a field day on my outdoor beat. Sam is a beautiful Border Collie who lives with three Greyhounds that are rescues. Sam is going to be the featured dog hero in a book series under my Bow Wow Detectives® imprint. I'll announce the title of that series at a later time.

We hiked to the river, and Sam helped me solve a couple little mysteries in our time outdoors today. Sam seemed to enjoy our time sitting by the river watching the river flowing by, listening to the sounds of the blue jays, a passing eagle, and the sounds of all the other birds.

Sam was with me to help discover eagle nest nine, one I wrote into my journal as a new nest today. Not much activity going on for such a warm January day in Minnesota!

Sam and I arrived at another of my stops and found 18 Trumpeter Swans feeding in the open slough, the count has more than doubled since the January 2. The young gray cygnet, seems to be a loner, doesn't hang out with the other swans at all and that makes me curious as to why he drifts away? Last night he remained behind with his duck companions, while the two adults flew off to another slough at sundown. He is surrounded by mallards that stay close, and feed off plants he drops in the water, but he doesn't seem to mind feeding them. He preens with them, he swims with them, he camps with them. I'm calling him Lonan.

Lisa Loucks Christenson Interview on The Culture News with David Serero

November 15, 2016 • David Serero • itunes Lisa Loucks Christenson • Lisa Loucks Christenson documentary • Minnesota documentary • The Culture News • winter bug life • Winter Bugs! • Winter Bugs: 10 Year Anniversary Edition

11/14/2016 https://soundcloud.com/theculturenews/lisa-loucks-christenson-interview-on-the-phone-with-david-serero-the-culture-news Lisa Loucks Christenson on The Culture News With Host David Serero recorded 11/14/2016 show about Lisa's Winter Bug Documentary and upcoming release of Winter Bugs: 10 Year Anniversary Edition. Lisa's Website: http://lisalc.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lisa-loucks-christenson-interview/id1137009293?i=1000377865059&mt=2