There’s been an American bittern hanging out in a bush outside of one of the many Victorian hotels in Cape May. An easy lifer for several people at the Autumn Weekend. It occurred to Jeff Bouton of Leica that this bird was not in good shape. He had photographed it earlier in the day. So, [ Read More ]
I’ve already had a chance to dash out before breakfast and experience the wonders of birding Cape May. I had received advice on where to go, there are a number of spots within easy distance of the hotel. I was driving past one when a merlin flew low over the road. I stopped the car, [ Read More ]
For those interested, the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia has a caption contest going for a lounging squirrel photo. I was supposed to fly into Philadelphia today and then make an hour and a half drive to Cape May, NJ. While waiting for my flight at the Minneapolis Airport I realized I left my Mapquest directions [ Read More ]
I am having a tough time concentrating today–I’m going to Cape May tomorrow! Must focus, must pack, must finish up work loose ends… I’ve always thought of Birder’s World Magazine as kind of the Playboy version of all the bird publications. Yeah, we all say we read the articles, but we’re really just looking at [ Read More ]
So, you think your critter has what it takes to be a disapproving rabbit? Disapproving Rabbits has grown to beyond Cinnamon’s capability of doing it all. The demand for disapproval is filling my email box on a daily basis, so I’m opening up the door to other bunnies. Cinnamon has always resisted this, but she [ Read More ]
I’m kind of bummed, I just got Frank’s banding report for his hawk banding station for last weekend and the end of the report reminded all of us on the list that this coming weekend is the last weekend he will be banding–and I can’t go! That means I will only have been to his [ Read More ]
“Sniff. Sniff. Mmm, I can smell something tasty up here.” “Oh, yummy Nutriberries. The cockatiel won’t missed these spilled little balls of seed.” “Snarf, snarf, snarf. If only I were fed more often, I wouldn’t have to scrounge for scraps in such a degrading manner.”
Okay, below are 2 quotes. One is from Redwings: A Smithsonian Nature Book by Robert Nero and the other is from Story of O by Pauline Reage. Can you tell which one is which? 1. “…she yielded abruptly and, it seemed, totally, as though for ten seconds, …the rest of the time she was coquettish [ Read More ]
I was talking to my friend Stan Tekiela this past Wednesday and he wanted to know if I was doing anything Saturday night. I was not, so he asked if I would help him out with his evening sandhill crane field trip to Crex Meadows. All the elements for a party were there for me: [ Read More ]
Okay, this contest was tough! There were several great captions but not all came with correct ID of the warbler behind. But after much deliberation over martinis with Non Birding Bill and Cinnamon (she had Nutriberries instead of a martini) I have decided on BirdFreak, partially because I LOVE that user name and they correctly [ Read More ]
