We love a good mystery at the bird store. When customers come in with bird descriptions, it’s fun to try an puzzle out what bird they are seeing. My favorites are the blurry, grainy photos or even bird parts that people bring in and we try to figure out what species is there. Customer Maria [ Read More ]
For those interested I have had the webmaster create a where to find owls page in birdchick adventures. Also, it looks like we are going to put together a day trip through the bird store on January 22. It will be a one day trip including lunch. We’ll probably start selling tickets next week, and [ Read More ]
I went up to a meeting in Sax Zim Bog with Amber Burnette, Mark Martell, and Carrol Henderson about how to make the area more birder friendly. It’s very exciting to see the community start to realize that there’s some economic potential for them in this. Also, the guys in charge of managing the area [ Read More ]
It’s not a secret that I battle the rock pigeons on my bedroom window ledge. I have had to resort to various weight sensitive feeders in order to keep them from eating everything in an hour. The pigeons have figured out just about every feeder, including some weight sensitive feeders (they flap their wings while [ Read More ]
There’s a tentative deal to get pale male’s nest replaced. The weird thing is that some. like the folks at palemale.com are not seeing this as a victory because the nest is probably not going to go back in the exact spot it was due to safety reasons. People are so weird when it comes [ Read More ]
In an alarming article by Dennis Anderson of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, it’s pointed out that duck numbers are frighteningly low. People who hunt are decreasing and with that the money that goes for duck conservation is decreasing as well. Birders and hunters need to find a way to unite their voices and money to [ Read More ]
As if birders don’t have a reputation for being a little strange, now there’s this circulating the internet: people gleefully watching red-tailed hawk porn on a sunny New York afternoon. No wonder some of the building tenants wanted the nest removed. This whole nest removal of the Pale Male in New York is not bringing [ Read More ]
If you haven’t heard yet, the red-tailed hawks that nest in New York City across the street from Central Park have had their nest removed. The red-tails have gained noteriety from the book “Red-tails in Love” and the movie “Pale Male”. It’s been one of the newest tourist attractions in the Big Apple. Many people [ Read More ]
What an exciting bird day!!!! First, I planned on going into work late today because Time Warner was coming to install our new digital phone line. They got everything done very quickly and I had an hour and a half before I went to work. The great gray in St. Paul is just a hop, [ Read More ]
Okay, if you’re in the Twin Cities and you have been thinking about seeing the owls mentioned but you weren’t sure if you wanted to make the trip north, a great gray owl has been spotted in St. Paul! Here’s the email and directions: A Great Grey Owl was seen in the St. Anthony Park [ Read More ]
