I went out to find a Snowy Owl somewhere other than the airport this weekend. But never found one. The Mississippi River has a lot of ice now and the Tundra Swan have left. There are a large number of Bald Eagles South of Brownsville Minnesota near Reno. The upper Iowa river is still flowing thru New Albin Iowa without much ice. At the marsh in New Albin there was a group of mallards in the water, and a single King Fisher. I bet this will be the last king fisher I will get to see this year. So here is a picture of this king fisher. Going bird watching reminds me of the line from Forrest Gump about life being like a box of chocolates.  So I don't mind that I didn't get to see a snowy owl, instead I got to see the King Fisher.