“Hey, red-bellied woodpecker, pull my finger!” Here’s a female red-bellied woodpecker that came into the nets at Carpenter Nature Center. And for those who doubt that these birds actually have red on their bellies, here’s proof: Back in the early days of exploration on this continent, explorers did not have access to binoculars and spotting [ Read More ]
Look how tiny a ruby-crowned kinglet is compared to my iPod! I always forget how teensy these guys are. Jen Vieth at Carpenter Nature Center got this guy out of the nets during their banding session this morning. Remember they do the banding every Friday morning and if you are at the park you can [ Read More ]
The flying squirrels outside my bedroom window are getting braver and braver. As it’s warming up in Minnesota, we are opening our windows and we (or I should say I) can hear their chirping. Non Birding Bill never seems to hear it. I can’t seem to get my camera to focus on them in the [ Read More ]
Are you curious about what other bird related blogs are out there, maybe just around the bend? (Okay, I couldn’t resist another Utah photo) I and the Bird is up and running, this week it is being hosted by Home Bird Notes. Boy, it really has grown since it started, Home Bird really had her [ Read More ]
This morning I heard this high pitched squeaking sound. I opend my window and took a look around. No other birds were around and it was surprisingly quiet in my neighborhood. I figured a Cooper’s hawk had just nailed something and was a tad bummed I missed it. I thought about going outside to make [ Read More ]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The simplest grammar, long thought to be one of the skills that separate man from beast, can be taught to a common songbird, new research suggests. Starlings learned to differentiate between a regular birdsong “sentence” and one containing a clause or another sentence of warbling, according to a study in Thursday’s journal [ Read More ]
Granted, I haven’t been with Eagle Optics that long, but this booth was the busiest one I have worked by myself thus far. What really made my smile about the Bear River Grand Opening was the number of kids that showed up and the number of parents getting optics for their kids. One family was [ Read More ]
If you’ve read my blog, you might know that I have never seen a barn owl in the wild. I’ve handled them at The Raptor Center, held injured ones, etc–I just haven’t seen one doing what a barn owl does naturally in the wild. At the Bear River Refuge, one had apparently been roosting at [ Read More ]
So, I challenged myself to try to find an ugly view in Utah. Hmmm, wasn’t ugly outside my hotel. It wasn’t ugly at Antelope Island. The visit was so beautiful and worth every penny of the $9 entrance fee. I didn’t just give up with one glance, I check other places on the island. It [ Read More ]
I’m in Denver having lunch and waiting for my connecting flight to Minneapolis. It’s cold, I could see my breath when I got off the plane. I’m excited to be heading to warmer temperatures. I’m eating at a pretty good restaurant for an airport, called Jimmy’s. The tomato bisque soup is tasty. Well, after the [ Read More ]
