I have maintained that the Utah landscape just isn’t ugly. Maine is giving Utah a run for its money. Doesn’t the above photo just make you want to break out into Barry Manilow’s Weekend in New England? Okay, the start to the ABA Convention his still a little wonky for me. Apparently, we had the [ Read More ]
It’s been an odd 24 hours. Things started off with a bang yesterday at Carpenter Nature Center. We got in a male yellow warbler. I never realized just how yellow they are, even their toes are yellow. Hm, one of the few birds that actually matches the name ornithologists gave it. I wonder if that [ Read More ]
I just found this slide show of a black bear trying to sleep on a hammock on the WCCO website. Also, I have report from Marcie that she has an update to her mourning cloaks. Awesome photos! Thursday night, Non Birding Bill and I headed out to Chit Chaturday. An event hosted by fm107 where [ Read More ]
This looks like so much fun! Brit’s Pub is hosting a lawn bowling tournament sponsored by Xcel Energy and presented by KARE 11 and WCCO Radio to benefit The Raptor Center July 12, 2006. Gather friends and join Doug Woog, Dave Lee, Stan “the Crusher” Kowalski, Brian Bonin, Ron Coomer (these must be sports people [ Read More ]
For fun, I’m just going to add some gratuitous owl photos in this post, because it’s fun to look at owls (and I haven’t had a chance to take other photos). “Owls? I don’t approve of owls.” I’m sorry about the lack of entries this week, I’m trying to get my loose ends tied up [ Read More ]
Tonight I was sitting here innocently reading the current issue of Winging It when this horrible high pitched sound attacked my ears. I about jumped out of my skin. Non Birding Bill was playing a sound file of a silent ring tone that teenagers are using on their phones to secretly send text messages. The [ Read More ]
This photo is courtesy of Sharon Stiteler/Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I still chuckle when I type that. More of my ivory-bill search is up at Eagle Optics Website.
You know a book is going to be great, when it gets an endorsement like this. I can’t wait until fall, I want to read it now!! I shouldn’t whine too much, after all I did get a sneak peak this past April. I did my first segment on the new morning show called Showcase [ Read More ]
During quieter times during the trade show, I let Cinnamon run loose. She kept heading over to a wood carver’s table. At first I thought she was just after wood chips that fell on the floor. But after observing her assume this position, I realized she was hoping they would carve a figurine of her. [ Read More ]
Remember all the hype about the white pelicans that abandon their eggs and young in 2004 and 2005 on Chase Lake in North Dakota? Well, I’ve been getting the lowdown from the experts here. In 2004, pelicans decided to nest on a peninsula on Chase Lake. The birds started to abandon nests in tiers. It [ Read More ]
