Today is my wedding anniversary so first Non Birding Bill and I did KARE 11 and then spent the day meandering around Uptown. Our schedules are so active that it’s a treat just to have a day to not do anything in particular. He was very thoughtful and got me a Bent Book, and my [ Read More ]
Today was actually a nice weather day in Minnesota. When Non Birding Bill and I woke up it was pouring rain (again) but we met with Amber and Reier for breakfast and headed out for the day. We were shooting scenes for our first (insert trumpets) video segment for Birdzilla today! Whoo Hoo. We were [ Read More ]
I frequently get asked what to do about woodpeckers pecking on houses, and how to keep birds from fighting their reflections in windows (short answer: nothing easy). This email showed up on Birdchat and is just a reminder that if a bird is giving you a minor irritation, it really could be a lot worse: [ Read More ]
Eddie Albert has died and while reading article about him in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, I came across some interesting factoids about his life. Who knew he was such an environmentalist and not just a guy who was part of one of those great tv songs you can’t out of your head (Green Acres for [ Read More ]
Tammy Wolfe has been sending me great updates about her wood duck and blue bird boxes. She even managed to get a great photo of a hooded merganser chick popping out of the box (I am pea green with envy): “Banzai!” She also had quite the adventure this morning trying to get more photos of [ Read More ]
Word on the street (or another way to put it, my friend Carrol Henderson at MN DNR told me) that there was a formal survey of osprey nests in Minnesota this spring. Here’s the scoop: I thought you would like to know that Pam Perry, the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program Specialist from Brainerd, has completed [ Read More ]
I got my National Geographic in the mail today. It’s getting to be less and less the cool magazine about faraway places, cultures and animals and more like People Magazine with each issue. It claims to have an article about the face of King Tut, but the king bears a striking resemblance to a bald [ Read More ]
Eagle Alaska escapes bird display Police are warning people not to approach a bald eagle that escaped during a display at the weekend. The 14-year-old bird named Alaska flew off at around lunchtime on Sunday, during a display at Eagle Heights Bird of Prey Centre in Dartford, Kent. Alaska has a massive wing span of [ Read More ]
Warning: At the end of this entry is kind of a gross photo, if you are queasy about innards you might want to avoid scrolling too far down. It will be the sixth photo and I will give one more warning before we get there. For those interested a certain Mr. N___ had a house [ Read More ]
Here’s an interesting article about some of the planned wildlife tourism regarding the ivory-billed woodpecker. I’m curious to see what’s going to happen with some of the nearby towns and will people actually see the bird. I’m a little perplexed about the woodpecker haircut being offered during a bird festival in the area this weekend. [ Read More ]
