So Non Birding Bill sent me a link to a site that collects photos of children afraid of Santa Claus. The Santas in the photos are as funny (and in a few cases kinda frightening–especially the Santa in photo number five). Enjoy!
I got an email today announcing NOVA scienceNOW with Robert Krulwich, which premieres Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at 8 PM ET on PBS. The fifth installment of this energetic science magazine series features the top science stories of 2005 including the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. I like how at the bottom they are considering having Jackson and [ Read More ]
I tried to get Non Birding Bill to apply for this so that way I could use him as my puppet to do my bidding and finally take complete control of the North American birding world but he flat out said “No! I will not be used in such a fashion!” (oops, did I say [ Read More ]
Are you desperate to find the perfect gift for that birder who seems to have everything, except for an ivory-billed woodpecker on their life list? Then, The Ivory-bill Nest (870-734-5001) is the shop for you! They do not have a website up yet, so if you see something in this entry you really like, you [ Read More ]
Just a quick note, if there is anyone who reads this blog who is going on the Cornell Ivory Bill search and has questions about living conditions and supplies to bring, please feel free to email me privately with questions. Many in the fair town of Brinkley have embraced the idea of having the rarest [ Read More ]
I’m so tired. That is me, with team member Jeff Gordon on the iced up Cache River. I am so excited, I now have notes and information that will be stored in Cornell’s Macaulay Library, kind of a childhood dream of mine. Well, I am back and I want to thank Julie for doing a [ Read More ]
Coming home today, the most extraordinary sky appeared as we crested a hill and came out of the woods–a mackerel sky, pearly and lit softly from above and below. The sun was shining through it as through a lattice, making dozens of little glory rays. I was so glad I had my camera. The skies [ Read More ]
I’ve decided that heartlessness is an asset in greenhouse keeping. I’ve seen plenty of hobbyist’s greenhouses that were more like catacombs, full of overgrown plants, dried out, miserable, unloved and smothered in their own dead foliage. You definitely can’t turn your back on a greenhouse; you’ve got to constantly monitor the temperature, move things around [ Read More ]
It rained all day today, the kind of day that makes me glad I’m not a white-tailed deer or a junco. Imagine being out in pouring rain, when it’s 36 degrees outside. And all you’ve got to keep you warm, after your fur or feathers are soaked through, is food. I stoked the suet dough [ Read More ]
The backroads leading from our home to Marietta are so seductive. Every time I resolve to take the main road, which saves about ten minutes, I turn off as if pulled by a magnet on my favorite backwoods route. I can’t resist it. Today, there were unexpected sheep and goats on a white hill against [ Read More ]
