Back in Minnesohta
Mental note: A batter fried lobster tail, bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich may not be the best idea on the planet.Good Grief, I am soooo tired. I came home this afternoon to a fresh layer of snow, single digit temps, news that Norbert was out of the ICU, the hard drive transplant was a success and ready for pickup! Whoot! So happy. Non Birding Bill is reloading everything at the moment. The cold temps come just in time, we're going to a scotch tasting class tonight at Surdyk's--nothing goes better with scotch than cold temps.
Here is Jeff Bouton modeling a smiling lady bug pith helmet available soon at your wild bird specialty store!
Here's my bud, Amy Hooper holding up an advanced reader's copy of Good Birders Don't Wear White--50 Tips from North America's Top Birders. She has it open to her essay, Think Like A Migrating Bird. Note the cartoon that goes along with it. I believe that is the most inaccurate rendering of an Amy Hooper I have ever seen. As much as she loves rubber ducks, I've never seen them follow her. I can't wait to read the essays.It's weird, she and I shared a room, but between my working the WingScapes booth and her hours at her WildBird Magazine booth, we barely saw each other.
I'm going to do some in depth descriptions of product in the next few days--including an iMainGo that I brought home to play with--initial tests with it--very cool. It appears to handle the transition from great gray owls hoot to black and white warbler call very well.
In the meantime I offer a contest:
Who is Bobby Harrison talking to in this photo? Bonus points if you can name the subject. The prize: An Advanced Birding Peterson Guide by Kenn Kaufman and two original plays on cassette by Mr. Neil: Snow Glass Apples starring Bebe Neuwirth and Murder Mysteries starring Brian Dennehy.First correct answer with a name attached to it in the comments section wins.
posted by birdchick at 4:39 PM
9 Comments:
I think it's Lillian Stokes. Not sure about the subject, though.
Lianne Stokes and a the topic is a large woodpecker...Ivory-billed.
Make that Lillian...
We'll guess Lillian Stokes & they are talking about Cinnamon.
Hey, our word verification was birdr on the last comment - how cool is that?!
Looks like a great show!
Jenni and Gretchen Bun
Hello,
I run a site called BirdwatchingBlog.com and wondered if you would
like to exchange bird watching links? I've already linked to your
site, and if you would like to return the favor, my blog info is:
Title: Birdwatching Blog
URL: http://www.BirdwatchingBlog.com
Thank you in advance for your consideration. :)
James
Jenny,
You are the winner, congrats on recognizing the Lillian's back! Email your snail mail address to me:
sharon at birdchick dot com
I'm kind of struggling with the links issue. I've never really asked people to link to me and I DO appreciate all the people who do link to this site.
One thing I'm trying to avoid is having a list two miles long of all the blogs out there. I struggle with the list I have now, who do I include, who do I exclude? Why don't I have Somewhere in New Jersey as a link? Plus, I'm learning that several friends are starting blogs--Bouton, Schmoker, Jim, etc. How long can my list get?
I'm thinking of getting rid of all the blog links. Many of the blogs I read I frequently link to in a post and that's generally when they benefit from the traffic from my site instead of the permanent links.
People are always welcome to post their blogs in the comments section--if it links to something nasty like a bird feeder made entirely from dead cat parts, then I will delete that. But if you are a new blogger and want to make us aware of yourself, please announce it in the comments.
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