Are these goldfinches feasting at the Rowe Sanctuary a sign of the storm to come? Oh dear, Kearney is officially under a winter storm warning and currently rain is shifting to snow. Tonight at the banquet at the Rivers and Wildlife Festival it was announced that the prairie chicken blind trip tomorrow morning is cancelled, [ Read More ]
Today was fun. The drive from the hotel to Rowe Sanctuary to set up the Eagle Optics booth was beautiful. It was in the 40s and bright and sunny. The cranes were taking advantage of the thermals and soaring high in the sky and created what looked like crane tornadoes. Swarms of blackbirds were moving [ Read More ]
The staff certainly is creative at Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska. There are little poems all over in the ladies room informing you how to use the facilities. The photo on the left is a warning on the mirror telling you not to abuse the toilet paper except for your “tushies” and “nose”. I bet [ Read More ]
I and the Bird is up and running. Well, blogger is now uploading photos but spell check isn’t working–not that it helps me all that much anyway. Non Birding Bill says the typos in my blog proves that it’s written by a real person and not just some corporate blog. I’d like to say that [ Read More ]
This is a test of your emergency broadcast disapproving rabbit. Do not take emergency precautions, this is only a test.
Snow is falling here in Madison, but further south it turns to rain and then east it turns clear, so I should be able to make it all the way to Nebraska today. I just hope Cinnamon is not too much of a back seat driver. Boy, you know you are in a Wisconsin hotel [ Read More ]
Jim Williams of the Star Tribune, was at our Duck Stamp meeting last month. Here’s an article he wrote on the program. How can you help preserve habitat?Hunters have long helped protect habitat. Birders need to lend a hand, too. Three wrens found in Minnesota, all small, brown and feisty — ready to scold should [ Read More ]
I love my self packing bunny! Who needs a wake up call from the front desk at a hotel when you have a bunny who decides to do laps at 5:45am? Go, my little health conscious lagomorph, go. Yesterday, I was more than a little irritated last night, for some reason the photo application on [ Read More ]
Where does the phrase “Minnesota Nice” come from? I think it comes from snow days and it’s an automatic reflex to help each other out of your parking spaces when you are plowed in. When you’re trying to get your car out and the wheels are spinning, people who you have never met or will [ Read More ]
A snow day has been declared for where Non Birding Bill works, so I will now have him underfoot. I think today will just be me trying to pack and taking photos of birds at the feeder. Now all the birds are showing up. Yesterday you guys were singing your fool heads off thinking about [ Read More ]
