Fossil Hunts
What an AMAZING Group Hunt! May 14, 2016
This was the first Eagle Bluff Environmental Center Skills School group hunt of 2016, and it was GREAT! Nine participants plus the EBEC bus driver, hailing from the Twin Cities down to Decorah, Iowa and parts in between and west. And what did they like best? THE FOSSILS! So I think I will start out … Continue reading
NEW TOOL! Bedrock Geology with Road Maps!
Cliff F., who recently took my fossil tour, shared this: http://umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=455ad2a467ed4717a09794e2d36261d0# If this link doesn’t get you there, go to: Bedrockswipe-arcgis On the left is information on the bedrock categories. Zoom and you can see the road map overlays to the bedrock! THANK YOU CLIFF!!! 😀
Fossil Hunting Class! April 9th, 2016
UPDATE! I will be holding a 60-90 minute fossil tour at Whispering Winds on Saturday, April 9th starting at 1:00 pm. This will include getting to know your fossils and the fossil prep barn. Then you can purchase a laminated ID sheet with map for Fillmore County (7 sites within 10 miles of Spring Valley) … Continue reading
Yes, I’m Still Alive. :-)
And I can’t wait to go out fossil hunting! LOL 🙂 I am soooo tired of being trapped at the computer writing… But spring is just around the corner and the snow will be off soon! Beverly My email is: bcfossillady at gmail dot com Phone: 507-922-0083 This year I am hosting fossil hunts through … Continue reading
A Fossiliferous Labor Day 2015 Hunt!
The journey and many pictures here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57520-a-fossiliferous-labor-day-hunt/ The Finds: Quarry Sand Pile Drusy Quartz & Worn Geode Beach Bryozoan Road
Southern Minnesota Bedrock Map
Bedrock formation maps are absolutely ESSENTIAL to successful fossil hunting as I state in my guide on the sidebar: Beginner’s Guide to Fossil Hunting. Here is a bedrock formation map for southern Minnesota. I scanned this so that it gets huge so that it is actually readable. So just click to read it. 🙂 This … Continue reading
DUST N BONES Hunts Fillmore County
DUST N BONES is a new TFF member from St. Paul, MinnesOta – accent on the “O”. 😀 A 13 year-old budding paleontologist, his parents brought him down to Fillmore County to do some fossil hunting. And fossil hunt we did! I showed them at least 20 sites to hunt fossils, they knew about 3 … Continue reading
Family Fun Fossil Hunt – River Roots Skills School
This tour was organized through the Eagle Bluff Environmental Center’s River Roots Skills School (http://www.riverrootsschool.org/) as part of their ecotourism initiative. We got together on August 8th, 2015. People came early and stayed late. 🙂 The class was scheduled for 1-5 p.m. and the last people left around 7 p.m. It was a WONDERFUL class! … Continue reading
Grandkids First Fossil Hunt
These little ones are 4 & 5 years old. One Grandma had a day of doctor’s appointments so this Grandma picked up the slack. Grandpa works 3rd, so after many bubbles, tea time, tractor rides, a fascination with the hay loft and lunch I decided to get them out of the house and take them … Continue reading
