I was busy tying up some loose ends and visiting a really cool Wild Bird Center today. I have to pack and catch a plane, I promise more entries about the lovely state of Utah very soon. In the meantime, I give you some art that is available for sale at the Antelope Island Visitor’s [ Read More ]
I dedicate this entry to Non Birding Bill who claims I’m not interested in a bird unless it’s brown.I’m so excited by all the cinnamon teal out here–they are everywhere. We just don’t get that many in Minnesota and they are one of the prettiest ducks on the planet. When they take off, they have [ Read More ]
For as long as I’ve known him, Kenn Kaufman has always worn some form of blue shirt. Don’t believe me? Grab the latest WildBird magazine and check out the Nikon ad with Kaufman in it. Take a look at his photo on the back of one of his field guides or Lives of North American [ Read More ]
I am totally over stimulated, the birding at Bear River is just spectacular. Yellow-headed blackbirds (not a bad digiscope with my binoculars) and marsh wrens are just throwing themselves at you begging to be noticed. I never get tired of yellow-heads! The marsh wrens are throwing me for a loop. I have the Eastern version [ Read More ]
Okay, if you have never been to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah for birding you need to figure out how to get your butt out here next spring. This place is awesome!!! I’m hard pressed to find an ugly view anywher in the fair town of Brigham City. And just to give you [ Read More ]
One place I do enjoy visiting when I’m in Mansfield is the Kingwood Center. It’s a former estate garden that is free and open to the public. There are fun plants and landscaping as well as black swans, peacocks and guinea fowl running about. There are little dispensers that you can get duck chow and [ Read More ]
WARNING!! This blog entry is not for those with clown phobias!! Let me preface this entry by saying that I love my husband’s family. I’m quite sure that for every one thing I find perplexing about them, they find at least 20 items perplexing about me. Some of the art work that I find in [ Read More ]
Mark Alt, the president of the MOU is dubbing this “Birdification”. I wonder if this phrase will sweep the nation like the term “clister” did in reference to county listers. I have learned that certification of bird watchers is in other states as well. Roy Harvey sent me a link to a birding certificate program [ Read More ]
Now, I have seen almost everything. Kelly Larson found a group called the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative that is offering “birder certification” for birders in Wisconsin. Mike McDowell made fun of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union because of the listing supplement they put out–”That’s going too far, how many lists do we need? Is a life [ Read More ]
Sometimes I look around and I hear that Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime” going through my head and I ask myself, “How did I get here?” Hanging out with Julie and Bill last week is a prime example. I remember reading Julie’s articles and seeing her artwork for years in Bird Watcher’s Digest [ Read More ]
