This morning at about 6:45am some loud chipping was heard outside my bedroom window. It didn’t quite sound like a cardinal who would normally be outside the window at this time. Bill rolled over in bed and asked, “downy woodpecker?”. “Not quite,” I whispered. Finally I rose from bed and looked out to see a [ Read More ]
The flying squirrel out my window is staring me. I put food out for it, but the tappity tappity of the iMac keyboard has his attention. I’m trying to pretend that I don’t notice the little buggy eyed squirrel is watching me, but I don’t think I’m acting naturally. They have the same disapproving looks [ Read More ]
This photo from Amber Burnette answers the question, do hawks make good pets: I have my first junco roaming the neighborhood. He appears to be alone and keeps inspecting people’s front porches.
Here are a couple more photos from hawk banding on Sunday. These are both sharp shinned hawks, one immature and one adult. Here is one of the merlins we banded. He’s just a fierce little killing machine!
Fall is the most wonderful time of the year. I spent a good portion of the weekend banding hawks. I arrived Saturday night after work and checked into the Inn on the Gitch Gumee in Duluth. The light from the moon danced on Lake Superior and overhead you could hear peeps of migrating songbirds. Sunday [ Read More ]
We’re having a going away party for our friend Dale. We’re having a bad movie party and watching Roller Boogie…I really wish we were watching Xanadu.
I just got in some new fancy suet from Oregon, it smells great. It’s a tad expensive, but gourmet and the guy who makes it guarantees that it will sell or he will buy it back.
