What A Crazy 24 Hours
My sister Terri sent me this fun shot of a red-shouldered hawk in Indiana. My mom said that they've been seeing quite a few there this winter. Love those guys--such a colorful hawk!Holy cow. I rolled out of bed this morning and my inbox had exploded. It was mostly YouTube comment notifications. At least 70 in the inbox and more on the way, I told Sometimes Birding Bill, "I think I went viral again."
That was an understatement, usually Cinnamon videos or the video of the porcupet get picked up, but this time, my squirt bottle video was on BoingBoing, Digg, and MAKE. In the grand scheme of gossip blogs and tech blogs, not that exciting, but for a little birding blog--very exciting. My favorite comment so far is, "Hurray for Marge Gunderson's cute, dorky daughter/niece!" For those that don't remember, Marge Gunderson was the main character in the movie Fargo. I'll gladly take that!
There are some crazy bird reports going here in Minnesota during the subzero weather. I got a call yesterday from Ranger Dan, his wife saw eastern bluebirds warming themselves on a steaming manhole cover at Como Park in St. Paul. Another birder in northern Minnesota reported a shrike on their suet feeder (not out of the realm of possibility for such a carniverous bird, but not something you hear about too often). I have to go out today to id some nests along the Mississippi River within the National Park boundaries. I'm waiting until it gets above zero, but I might stop by Como and see if I can digiscope those bluebirds.
So, when not making videos of how cold it is this week, I've been preparing for some upcoming warm weather trips. Nothing like securing flights and hotels for places like Florida, Guatemala, and San Diego when it's below zero. I'm so excited about Space Coast next week! The weather peeps are saying that in Minnesota, we'll get a warm spell of 30 degrees, but it will be considerably warmer in Florida. I got really excited when I saw that Jeff Gordon's blog had a lovely shot of spoonbills in blue sky. I'm hopin' for some of that next week! Also, Florida Beach Basics put up a nice shout out over that their blog regarding my program next week--thanks, Marge.
posted by birdchick at 10:32 AM
5 Comments:
Thanks for the link, Sharon--much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you in Florida!
When did Nonbirdy Bill get religion?
I used your two "ass cold" videos today in a presentation to 4th graders visiting the U of MN, to illustrate how curiosity and scientific experiments don't only happen in the classroom. They loved the videos!
Hey Birdchick,
We have a pair of European Starlings at our feeders in Chippewa Falls, WI. One has a gimpy leg. What do you think of that?
Florida sounds like heaven.
Jan
Sometimes Birding Bill just doesn't have that 'ring' to it that Non-Birding Bill had. I know he picked up the equipment to document a great bird out the apt. window and worked out the kinks to get the shot! I like to think of that as a man who loves his wife and knows what pleases her...but still remains NBB.
JMHO...Jacci in S.P.ME
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