Odds And Ends
This entry is brought to you by the amazing levitating nuthatch--ooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo. Ahhhhhhh.Well, Non Birding Bill, Cinnamon, Kabuki, and I have all made the long car trip from Minneapolis to Indianapolis without incident. Cinnamon has been here before and is just loving running around Mom's condo--it's carpeted. She popcorned (or binkied) all over the living room. My mom has two cats who are quite afraid of Cinnamon. I don't know why, but here is an example:
See what I mean? What a wuss!
This will be good, Cinnamon will be in a great mood before her tv appearance and signing. If you're in the Indianapolis area Saturday, watch WISH TV between 8:30am - 9am or come say hi and get your own personal disapproval at Big Hat Books at 4pm. You can also see how short my mother is--if you think I'm short, she's even tinier. We'll also have the great folks from the Indiana House Rabbit Society on hand with live bunnies. Live bunnies and books--what could be a better combo?
I'm trying to sift through my email and found the following message from Lorraine:
"uh, I found a frozen bird in a bag in our freezer today. Not the
kind you eat. Did anyone mention this to you or is it yours? Just
curious....."
When I find a freshly killed bird that is still fairly in tact, I will freeze it and take it with me to donate the Bell Museum. Last time I was out her way, a junco had hit the window and I put it in the freezer to take with me when I left...and forgot. Oops. I'm so lucky to have friends who put with my weird ways. NBB still has not gotten used to frozen birds in the freezer.
Speaking of NBB, I forgot to mention that he got one heck of an honor. A couple of months ago, I got an email from the editor of The Albatross, the newsletter for the Santa Cruz Bird Club. She wanted to use an excerpt from my blog in their newsletter. I was honored and excited and then I noticed which entry they wanted to use. It was the Brown Bird entry that my darling husband wrote while guest blogging for me. He's now getting no end of enjoyment lording over my head that he's been published in The Albatross and I have not. Sigh. I am proud of him and I wonder how long he's going to keep being a non birder--I mean, c'mon, he's now been published in a bird publication...what's next, giving a paper at the next American Ornithologists' Union Conference??
posted by birdchick at 9:19 PM
16 Comments:
Ha! Silly cat!
Love the levitating nuthatch!
Regarding NBB:
You know, there'll be no living with him now.
LOL= to the levitating nuthatch,
to "freezer birds" (I donate ones I find to the UW's Burke Museum, and housemates know to stay away from the brown paper bags in the freezer), _and_ to NBB being published in a bird magazine. I have to say "The Brown Bird" is a great entry though...
I forgot to say a big LOL to Cinnamon "chasing" the cat too!
Sharon, your nuthatch photo and your Cinnamon video were great. I loved them. And that's cool about NBB getting published in The Albatross. I really liked reading that post about the little brown birds. Maybe NBB is doing the same as my husband who also claims to be a non-birder - yet he goes almost everywhere I go, and has finally started to carry his own pair of binocs. That is definitely progress for one who wants to continue claiming he's not a birder! ;o)
When I saw Cinnamon charging that cat with her ears looking like horns I could understand the cat's worry. She must have looked like a miniature bull to him. And of course there's the disapproval...
Congratulations to NBB! Brown birds rule.
That nuthatch is in fact a super hero in superdisguise. Go SuperNuthatch!
Congrats to NBB!!
Strange animals make cats run. That rabbit could eat a cat for that cat knows. Least the cat didn't come out hissing. Or b*tch slap her. Yes cats do b*tch slap.
Or thump. My cats use to run when I had my pet rat out.
You will see the cats also go high, that is a safety net for them. They peak down and will watch Cinnamon.
Being thumped with the all the nails out..not fun.
kitmarlowescot2
The nuthatch reminded me of the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Kitteh
Congrats to NBB - that was an hysterical post! Have a great weekend!
I used to have a holland lop that would chase my cat around and head butt him...we would wonder why they didn't get along well until the rabbit butted my dad's hand and we found out that he was biteing when he did that. Maybe that's why the cat run's, fun to watch the video thou. :)
We sometimes have frozen birds in our freezer as well (ones that have hit our window and not survived). They get donated to a local College that's trying to build up their skins collection.
My kids are afraid to open ziploc bags in the freezer!
For a Disapproving rabbit, Cinnamon looked awfully contented and happy today.
And with NBB getting his writing in a birding publication... hmmm... it must be..
Yep!
Full moon! :-D
Congrats to NBB; he's often in my thoughts when I'm out watching ducks etc, & see the just rising sun's rays on the female eider...so many browns and all so beautiful!!
J in S.P. ME
Congratulations to NBB for being published!
Don't feel too bad or resentful, Sharon. First of all, that entry is mostly, if indirectly, about you. And you have to admit, NBB's writing is hilarious. I definitely do like the "brown bird" entry, but I literally fell out of my chair laughing at his guest entry when he described a feature of one of your cameras as "having been forged in hell by Lucifer himself".
Have a good trip, and I hope things continue to go well on the book tour!
That NBB might have to do an non-birding field guide now...
THAT would be a great read!
My rabbit was fascinated with my cat, which made my cat terrified of her(this was the cat that would bring home baby rabbits).
You can see my kitty's horrifed face:
Here
Poor thing was just trying to take a nap.
My rabbit also liked to try and dig through the cat's fur whenever she had the chance.
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