Cinnamon is sooo tired. We had an outing today and she ate lots of junk food so I think I finally wore her out. She hasn’t been into as much mischief tonight like her usual trying to get into the bathroom trash or sneaking into the kitchen. I headed out to the bird store to [ Read More ]
My good friend Carrol Henderson got an award from the folks at Watchable Wildlife! Here’s a press release: Carrol Henderson of the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program was one of two recipients of the Vision Award from Watchable Wildlife Inc. at the national Watchable Wildlife Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The award was presented for the [ Read More ]
Are you looking for some birding opportunities around Minnesota? I just noted that bird guide Mike Hendrickson has a calendar up and some trips available. Whether you live in Minnesota or you are from another state, you should get some great birds on this trip. When you get to Mike’s site click on the 2006 [ Read More ]
The lake was angry today my friends. It was chilly and breezy along Lake Superior today in Duluth, but it’s late October and in the 30 degree range, what do I expect? There were surfers taking advantage of the waves–and Non Birding Bill thinks I’m nuts for sitting in a box a dark box watching [ Read More ]
Tonight I’m going up to Duluth for some birding and maybe some hawk banding on Sunday. In the meantime, I give you some fun reading regarding the Cornell Ivory-billed Woodpecker Search.So, I’ve been going over the information from Cornell about going on the ivory-bill search. This is by no means a cushy vacation or a [ Read More ]
In light of this news story from the Times anyone who works with live birds might want to sign up for this workshop. Please note that this workshop is currently only available to people who work with birds. I’m sure more workshops will be coming. What: Lecture: Asian Bird Flu/ Avian Influenza: Facts You Need [ Read More ]
Well, Mike McDowell got me all tricked out with some digiscoping gear. I’m using a Denali Scope with an adaptor for my Nikon 7900 Koolpix digital cameral. So I headed out to one of my favorite feeding stations (Mr. Neil’s) to try out the system. I am no Mike by any means, but I think [ Read More ]
This time last year, almost all of us had no clue there were ivory-billed woodpeckers out there. Although, I always kept a pet conspiracy theory that the Ziess search down in Louisiana had been successful but all the participants involved kept quiet that they found the bird feeling that was the dignified thing to do [ Read More ]
Okay, first things first. I should not do blog entries as soon as I get home from a weekend of fun with birding friends and a five hour drive. Good grief, typos riddled that last post and links were spotty, sorry about that. If you are looking for more Midwest Birding Sypmosium hijinks, be sure [ Read More ]
Who says birders don’t know how to get down and party? For those curious, that is Alicia Craig shaking her money maker in the front row. Well, the Midwest Birding Symposium was a blast. For me that birding wasn’t that exciting, most of the birds in and around the Quad Cities I can see easily [ Read More ]
