I think I had the most fun at Sax Zim Bog last weekend since the great owl irruption of 2004/2005. An informal gathering of birders headed up and we started at…
A large part of my trip to Israel was spent at the Agamon Hula in northern part of the country. The story of the cranes in the valley is quite…
One of the big highlights visiting the Hula Valley in Israel was all the kingfisher action. This is a pied kingfisher, about the size and shape of belted kingfishers but…
Non Birding Bill and I were over at Mr. Neil's to do some fall beehive prep (for those who follow, the bees seemed to take my Ned Stark speech well…
Well the big theme story in the blog this summer was the tornado ravaged great blue herons. Their rookery was blown away in May and some birds attempted to re-nest…
If you've been following this blog this summer, you are aware of the tornado that hit Minneapolis in May and destroyed a heron rookery and the recovery and rebuilding.
I got…
On Monday, a bird call woke me from my sleep. Half asleep I thought, "Why is a robin singing with a cardinal type whistle note?"
Something didn't add up. I rolled…
Not long after the North Mississipppi heron rookery was destroyed, there was talk of building an artificial rookery to get them to come back. Now that the herons seemed to…
I digiscoped the following photos using both my Nikon D40 and my iPhone 4s with my Swarovski Scope. Can you tell which ones are the iPhone 4s and which ones are the Nikon D40 photos? 1. Green-winged Teal 2. Northern Pintail 3. Red-eared Slider and Gadwall 4. Red-eared Slider and Gadwall
One of my nephews has sent me a Flat Stanley. Having the mind of a 13 year old, I’m tempted mostly to take inappropriate photos of him: I mean, come on, if you have a friend who has a zombie arm and tombstone in their backyard, of course you are going to put Flat Stanley [ Read More ]
Goshawks are being studied for unmanned aerial vehicles. I love me some accipiters but they do have a tendency to fly into windows… Audubon is the most expensive field guide ever? Speaking of field guides, David Sibley now has an official Facebook Page. A really cool photo of snowy owls…is it doctored? Or is that [ Read More ]
I think I had the most fun at Sax Zim Bog last weekend since the great owl irruption of 2004/2005. An informal gathering of birders headed up and we started at Hasty Brook. I’ve known Lynne for some time and I’ve always wanted to visit. What a treat to start it off with her deck full [ Read More ]
You were warned by the title. First up, James Currie the host of Birding Adventures got a show on National Geographic. Rather than playing it safe, he went with falconry for a topic. I admire his balls on this and as someone who enjoys falconry (and went just this past Tuesday) I applaud him. You [ Read More ]
The next Birds and Beers is less than a week away and we trying some place new. Regulars have asked for a place without a band and plenty of room for our group, so we’re going to try the Wilde Roast Cafe. I’ve been there to meet with friends and for a play reading last [ Read More ]
The last several days have included links to a rather amusing video of a hooded crow that looks like it’s tubing. Info has included “smart crows” to “crow tubing” to my personal favorite headline: “Science Can Neither Explain Nor Deny The Awesomeness Of This Sledding Crow.” Psst, Alexis Madrigal, yes science can. Here’s the video: [ Read More ]
Over the weekend I took a trip with some friends to Sax Zim Bog, Minnesota. This is a great spot to get boreal species and perk up your winter birding. Thanks to social media, I had a good idea of where specialty birds were being seen but thought I would use the BirdsEye app (the [ Read More ]
There’s a meme surrounding actor Ryan Gosling which sort of centers on him being the best boyfriend ever. It started as a general thing and then each hobby took the Hey Girl theme…and so it has come to birding. Here is the Tumblr blog and of course, you can like it on Facebook. Here’s a [ Read More ]
