New Years Eve 2014

Wednesday Dec 31, 2014

Wow what a year, it sure did fly by so quickly.  Started off the year in Needles Ca, volunteering at Havasu Wildlife Refuge.

we did spend time site seeing and birding

time with friends and family

glad we were able to visit with my Uncle Jim who passed away this past summer.

made it home after seeing the Grand Canyon

We arrived home in mid April to about 3 feet of snow.  Spring did not arrive in NW Wisconsin and Summer was late.

In June we had Twins!

In July, Kathy hosted high school friends

Summer was busy with friends and family visiting.  We had a few vacations that were very fun, including a visit to Montery with Ray and a pelagic bird tour out of Half Moon Bay and our wonderful trip to Jamaica.

In August we upgraded our rig from this

to this

In Sept, Eric hosted his neighbor/high school friends

Left home on Oct 27th...

we end 2014 where we began it in Outdoor Resort Palm Springs, but now we have some snow in the hills!

As for birding:  Our life count is 419, we got 105 new ones in 2014 with the year count at 345.
not a Big Year but we are happy with our numbers.

Of course there are always chores and projects to be accomplished, we did a pretty good job getting them all done.

Its time to look forward to 2015.  Since we are not volunteering this year we plan to roam the Southwestern section of our country for the next 3 months.

We are heading to the Salton Sea area tomorrow, hopefully the wind dies down by then.

Happy 2015