Here is Cindy with our completed Eagle Optics booth! We just learned this morning that our new Ranger SRTs were voted a “Hot Product Pick”. Whoot! Oh how handy! Adventure Publications (who are debuting an awesome new loon book–amazing photos and loon cd–just loon sounds and nature to relax to), the people who publish my [ Read More ]
I’m apologizing for typos up front, I’m stealing wireless at a hotel near Mom’s house and must be quick. I have the go ahead for the vendormart updates and those will start on Monday. I did find a company that makes these intriguing bird whistles, including a whistle for a great tit. They got nervous [ Read More ]
That’s a couple of female common eiders. If you look in back you can see a floating ball of puff–that an eider duckling! I was just a zombie yesterday on my flight from Bangor to Indianapolis. All those late nights and 3:30am wake up calls at the ABA Convention had finally caught up to me. [ Read More ]
Yesterday on our field trip we were followed by a film crew from WGME. That’s one of our field trip leaders, Steve Howell using a field guide to show Amy Sinclair and the camera man some of the birds we were seeing on the trip. Amy was wearing some, shall we say “antique” binoculars. I [ Read More ]
Today’s pace was just nuts but I had to share this quote overheard at the convention: “We’re leaving today. We had to make a decision as to which meant more to us: a Bicknell’s thrush or our grandson’s high school graduation.” Also, I noticed that the National Geographic Handheld Guide to Birds now has an [ Read More ]
Patrick Belardo of The Hawk Owls’ Nest served up a World Cup-themed I and the Bird #26. For those new to this blog, I and the Bird is a collection of great blog entries of bird themed blogs. Are you new to blogging? Are you in the mood to find some fun and new bird [ Read More ]
Since this is a bird blog, we need a bird photo. This is a chestnut-sided warbler digiscoped at Acadia. Sweet bird! The really nice thing about American Birding Association Conventions is that you have field trips one day and workshops the next. It’s nice, you don’t have to worry if you’re field trip bus is [ Read More ]
Today was a triumph of the human spirit on many levels. First, I had to meet my field trip group at 3:30 am. That’s not a typo folks, that is 3:30 in the am. I don’t know how, but I managed to get my stuff together to meet the field trip. When I met up [ Read More ]
Thanks to Non Birding Bill and his mad shipping skills, I have a power chord for my Mac. Insert huge sigh of relief. Of course, now that I have it, many birders with Macs are arriving to the ABA Convention. Ah, life. Now a bunch of us birders are kickin’ it in the hotel lounge [ Read More ]
I’m getting some great swag from the ABA Convention. When I checked in at registration I got a new bag (I’m sure Cinnamon will fit in this one too), a note pad in a waterproof cover, a puffin pin, a new name badge with pockets and a local shorebird guide. I also got an advance [ Read More ]
