Our regular days for working here at the Refuge are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'm working in the Visitor's Center and Earl is doing maintenance. Paul Larson (the Maintenance Supervisor, and Earl's immediate boss), had Earl mowing grass this weekend. Not too difficult a job since the mower is a big riding lawn mower!

We had a pretty busy weekend in the Visitor's Center with lots of birders coming in. There are lots of song birds as well as a few other birds that hang around the Visitor's Center, so we usually have a pretty good crowd on the Headquarter's grounds watching the birds. Some of these people are really serious birders with some serious equipment...binoculars, spotting scopes (both with and without cameras attached), etc. Some of these people must have several thousand dollars worth tied up in their equipment for watching birds!

The other couple who will be working in the Visitor's Center and doing maintenance during the week arrived on Friday (David & Janet Free).