Birdchick

My radio interview today is at 12:05 p.m., not 1!

I was well on my way to going to the State Fair for my segment on KFAN Outdoors, when a nasty storm showed up. We already had a pretty hefty storm in the Twin Cities this morning so the sewers were not prepared for this downpour. Here’s an intersection behind our building: This intersection is  [ Read More ]

While thumbing through the latest issue of Living Bird put out by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this full page ad by Wild Bird Chow caught my attention: So, on the left we have a blue tit usually seen in Great Britian and on the right we have an American goldfinch, typically seen in the eastern  [ Read More ]

This came in yesterday from Hawk Ridge on the Minnesota Bird Listservs: A substantial movement of birds occurred at Hawk Ridge on August 22, with 241 birds banded. This is the first significant migration of birds since operations started on August 4th. Sixteen warbler species comprised the bulk of birds banded, with highlights being a  [ Read More ]

Ed Colosky who owns Wild Birds Unlimited in Hudson, WI emailed this: I thought you might like seeing this bird. One of my customers took thispicture here in Hudson. It’s an albino Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Anyway, Ithought it might be of interest. Have a great day, Ed For the record, any photos of albinos are always  [ Read More ]

First, I have to say that I am totally rockin’ this William Shatner CD called Has Been. Yes, that’s right I said William Shatner. Some of you may remember him from Transformed Man or even Golden Throats, but let me tell you he has really grown as a musician. He can feel, he can touch  [ Read More ]

I don’t know what happened, but I my schedule just kind of took over and I was too busy to blog–you should see our home. Friday, Saturday and Sunday it was get up at 5am, go to Game Fair, close up the booth at 6pm, go home, eat, sleep, repeat. Non Birding Bill came along  [ Read More ]

I, Cinnamon Q. Rabbit Pants, would like to officially state for the record that I have disapproved of the monumental lack of posts the last few days. Birdchick is blatantly slacking. Oh, yes, she claims to have been “working non stop” since last Friday, but I will have you know that last night when she  [ Read More ]

Just what everybody wants: an antler toilet paper holder! Here’s the trick shooter blowing up somthing. I don’t know what it was, but it made a nice poof. Here he is blowing up a cabbage. He was demonstrating why women should learn how to shoot, because the next time the husband brings home an unexpected  [ Read More ]

Huge sigh of relief at the Stiteler household that Chet Baker is on the road to recovery and back home.There’s been a request for another photo quiz, that will come next week, I am just too swamped with Game Fair this weekend. I am learning that on the fourth day of being next to a  [ Read More ]