Warning! There is a slightly gross photo at the end of this post. I opened up another egg that I found left inside a birdhouse again. Although, I don’t think this one is nearly as gross as the merganser egg. In the photo on the left are nests found in one Gilbertson Bluebird Box. From [ Read More ]
These are some of the stairs that help you go down some of the river bluff in Frontenac State Park. At the time, it seemed like a fun idea to go down the steps and watch the migrants in the tops of the trees. However, when you finish chasing those fall warblers and decide to [ Read More ]
Now it’s always been my understanding that a good healthy racing pigeon can be too fast and out maneuver a peregrine, but apparently that’s not the case with Scottish pigeons. Below is an excerpt from an odd little article in The Scotsman about the great sport of pigeon racing being in danger as membership levels [ Read More ]
This just in from Carrol Henderson from the MN DNR: West Nile Virus has been discovered as the reason that an entire family of four common loons died on Sandy Lake near Zimmerman, Minnesota in early August. Local homeowners on the lake had spent a great summer enjoying their first ever family of loons nesting [ Read More ]
So, we have this very pretty art deco feeder at the bird store that I have wanted to hang outside my window but couldn’t because of the massive amounts of pigeons that I get coming to my feeder. The photo at left is one that flew in while I was leaning out the window. They [ Read More ]
I’ve already been to the state State Fair twice this year. Last night I did something I never thought I would ever do in a million years. One of our friends is a caterer for touring rock bands and she’s currently doing the Motley Crue tour so a group of us got free tickets and [ Read More ]
Today I caught up on loads of work and then joined Carrol Henderson for a birding seminar for a Multiple Sclerosis Camp at Courage Center. Today was one of those days that a bird guide dreads. Due to seasonal movement and time of day, there were no birds. And I don’t mean just house sparrows [ Read More ]
Not that I’m easily bribed, but if anyone ever wanted to bribe me, green tomatoes are the way to go. It must be my Hoosier upbringing but I’m a sucker for fried green tomatoes. That’s one of the reasons I spent the night at the birdscaping client’s home–their gigantic garden of green tomatoes. I was [ Read More ]
Today I’m doing a birdscaping project. When you’re someone like me and you’ve done just about everything you can in your own space to attract birds, working in someone else’s yard is like a blank page. I’ve worked this yard before but some red squirrels have moved in and have gotten a little too cocksure [ Read More ]
First, on a side note, my trusty Saturn wouldn’t start on Saturday. Due to warranty issues and whatnot we couldn’t get the car fixed until Monday. And what was the problem? A crank sensor. What the heck is that? No one believes me when I tell them that was the problem, but it was. Anyway, [ Read More ]
