Must be blogging withdrawal. So, Non Birding Bill and I decided to head over to the Urban Bean to catch up and maybe just feel a little arty sitting there with our tea or coffee while he works on one of his plays and I look like I’m writing something deep and meaningful and am [ Read More ]
…not from a flock of seagulls but from a murmuration of starlings! This is one of a few photos Non Birding Bill found of a large flock of starlings looking for a an evening roost in Algeria. There are more photos here, but I chose the above because it looks like a rabbit.
We had two booths at Bird Watch America, a Vortex booth with Donald and Lillian Stokesfeaturing their line of binoculars and scopes and a Sheltered Wings booth show casing Vortex Optics and Audubon Binoculars. That’s fellow employee Adam pictured left with the Don Stokes. As you can see they had their work cut out for [ Read More ]
So, on the way down the Big Fly (how many birds seen on your flight) was a big bust for me (and not just because my seat number was 36D (ba da ching). I left while it was still dark, had an aisle seat and the person who had the window seat plastered their body [ Read More ]
I finally have a quiet moment at the Atlanta Airport for some catching up on Bird Watch America. I’ll be going over the things that really excited or puzzled me in the next day or so. I have to say I always have a good time at the Atlanta airport, people are so friendly in [ Read More ]
I have four words: Pastel Recycled Bird Feeder It’s one of the new items on display here at Bird Watch America and I’m just not sure how I feel about it. They look like sturdy well made feeders, but pastel? Will that weather well? I’m just not a pastel kind of gal, so some may [ Read More ]
All Seasons Wild Bird Store in Wayzata is looking for part-time help. That is the store I used to manage and now my good friend Melissa has taken over the helm. She wouldn’t be a bad boss–I trained her in, so I should know. Working at a bird store is tons of fun, what other [ Read More ]
Tomorrow morning I am off to the big birding trade show Bird Watch America in Atlanta. I can’t believe that it was only a year ago when I met my peeps, Amy of WildBird Magazine, BT3 of Bird Watcher’s Digest and Jeff Bouton of Leica at BWA. I feel as though I have known them [ Read More ]
Some days there is just too much to blog about! There is a very intersting post turned up today on Mike’s Soapbox. Scroll to the January 10th post.
Quick Quiz–Guess My Feet: Tuesday’s Wild Raptor: red-tailed hawk on hwy 36, being mobbed by crows. Non Wild Raptors that sat on my arm: 2 male kestrels, 1 female kestrel, 1 barred owl, 1 great horned owl, 2 peregrine falcons…not all at the same time, but whew is my arm tired. Today I got to [ Read More ]
