My segment on Showcase Minnesota is about Family Fun Nights going on at The Raptor Center. Here’s the info from TRC: Family Fun NightsThursdays, July 13, July 20, July 27, and August 3, 20065:30 – 7:30 p.m.The Raptor Center1920 Fitch AvenueSaint Paul, Minnesota Come join the fun! Ever wonder what turkey vultures eat? What happens [ Read More ]
Who knew? Disapproving Rabbits showed up on Cute Overload. I would say Cinnamon would be proud, but she disapproves of her disapproval being considered cute. I’m getting a ton of email so far. My favorites include: 1. Shhhh…I don’t want Cinnamon to hear…. (whispering) How can you unleash such terrifying powers on the world? Have [ Read More ]
This might be the last post for the next 24 – 48 hours. I’m at the Indianapolis Airport waiting for my flight home to Non Birding Bill. I haven’t seen him since June 17 and I’m REALLY excited to see him. So, I leave you with a mesmerizing video called Starlings vs a Tree that [ Read More ]
Today was a strange day. When I was a kid my mom and aunts (that my mom–the shorter one and Aunt Lorelei above) would take me to either Brown County State Park or to Polly’s house in Martinsville. Polly and her family had fishing cabins that surrounded a lake near their home and land that [ Read More ]
Can you see the toads in this photo: Look close there are in fact two toads. They are so tiny and the ground at a friend’s house is overrun with them. Here is an up close shot of a disapproving teeny toad. Just how teeny is this particular toad? This teeny! That toad in the [ Read More ]
For those who may be interested, the deformed robin that was at my mother’s feeders last month is still around. It’s enjoying a combination of mealworms and this stuff called Bark Butter that I picked up at Wild Birds Unlimited in Carmel. It smells like really good peanut butter and is designed for you to [ Read More ]
Apparently there was some partying going on at Vendormart, but since I was staying in at my mother’s I missed it. I found this on the table at Champions at the Mariott Hotel in down town Indianapolis. Next time I go, I’ll have to find that group that likes to go out and blow off [ Read More ]
Ack! I’ve been so busy with Wild Birds Unlimited Vendormart, I found a few photos from Maine that I forgot to include: Okay, black-backed gull, not that excited for some, but to a land locked Minnesotan, it was cool–cut me some slack you east coasters. I think Wild Bird on the Fly talked about this [ Read More ]
So my dear, “sweet” 67 year old mother came out with the gang from Eagle Optics and the folks at Looker Feeders for dinner after working the trade show last night. I thought she would be the model of decorum: Non Birding Bill had often described Mom as “Sharon Squared”. I think the photo above [ Read More ]
Well, no lampshades on the head yet at Wild Birds Unlimited Vendormart so instead, I offer strange photos of me from the ABA Convention that fellow bloggers are posting: Me eating lobster or eating donuts or eatingwhile driving at Wild Bird on the Fly blog. Me getting close to a lobster with Wild Bird on [ Read More ]
