Okay, today was supposed to be an entry of the doins that transpired at the Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest but is pre-empted for some exciting news at The Raptor Center–they are caring for an injured California Condor! This is the first time one has been at TRC and more than likely the first time [ Read More ]
I love all the little Mexican cafes in Harlingen, unbelievably tasty food. I know, I know you’re looking at that pile of meat in the photo and thinking, “Is she nuts?” Well, yes I am, but that is beside the point, the food in these places was abundant and cheap. I’m sitting in Dallas waiting [ Read More ]
Well, I took some great photos of birds yesterday but had some issues with my photocard and lost all but the people photos. I will post those later, perhaps in another expose at what happens at bird conventions. We are going for more birding so more photos soon. One interesting thing about some of the [ Read More ]
This morning before work Katie and Maren Phillips took me to Bentsen- Rio Grande Valley State Park. It was pretty much sensory overload for me because life birds were literally dripping off of the trees. Birds that I had seen in field guides with outlandish names were all over. I finally got to see in [ Read More ]
I just thought this was the coolest photo! I went out birding this morning with Katie and an artist named Maren. We found a cutter ant mound and got a photo of one worker carring a piece back to the entrance. These ants weren’t really interested in us so it was fun to watch them. [ Read More ]
Well, barely off the plane and met up with booth buddies Katie and Ben and already have life birds. My new birds are Harris hawks (which I have seen several times but only in a falconry capacity, so this is a lifer) and white ibis. There are great-tailed grackles everywhere singing into the night–they sound [ Read More ]
I have landed in Dallas and am waiting for my connecting flight to McAllen. In the down time I just read Bill of the Birds blog and have discovered that he got caught in a massive traffic jam and missed his flight. (on a side note, read the previous post for more about our karaoke [ Read More ]
I went to a lecture given by Dr. Pat Redig from the U of M’s Raptor Center tonight to learn more about avian influenza (H5N1). Some websites to keep bookmarked for daily updates on Avian Influenza that are just information not sensational stories are:World Organization for Animal Health Promed – You can sign up for [ Read More ]
ARRRRGH! I have packing to do this afternoon before I go to a lecture on avian influenza at the Raptor Center tonight and I just learned there is a snowy owl down in Rochester (an hour and a half for me). I now have a choice…do I put off packing until after I get home [ Read More ]
Bill and I made it back from our trip to Madison and we are exhausted. Between all the cramming on optics and meeting new people and enjoying friends we have not seen for a while, we feel like cold wet noodles. Cinnamon got to go around and meet some of the crew at Eagle Optics. [ Read More ]
