Birdchick

So, I got the coolest photo of starling today with the Wingscapes Camera. You can view it here.

The hotest bird to show up in the Minnesota Rare Bird Alert? Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches–birds not typically found in Minnesota. On the 29th, Mike Schrage reported three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES in Cloquet, St. Louis County. Directions from interstate 35 take the Cloquet/Iron Range exit and go north on state highway 33 to the second stoplight in Cloquet.  [ Read More ]

Bird Watcher’s Digest (BWD) and birdPod have united to deliver downloadable Florida bird songs and photographs from www.birdwatchersdigest.com. BWD is America’s favorite bird-watching publisher, and birdPod is the hottest bird identification tool for the extremely easy-to-use Apple iPod. Florida birdJam, the innovative new download of 77 Florida bird songs and photos is a companion to  [ Read More ]

I’m heading out to Rhode Island for a day next week for some birding related training. I thought I would check and see if there are any bird related stories going on. I found one about a Beagle Club that’s in trouble for getting rid of raptors on their property that were supposedly eating the  [ Read More ]

Yesterday morning it was in the 50 degree range with a thunderstorm. The rain was thorough and it was just chilly enough to feel like it was 30 degrees when you were wet. This morning it was in the 20s and tonight at some point it’s supposed to get down to 6 degrees. Br. But  [ Read More ]

I took this video with my new camera: This is what makes all the chewed up wires worthwhile. In other news, Non Birding Bill has added another page of disapproval.

Turkeys roaming the grass a few blocks from the Mall of America after a few days of laying low around Thanksgiving. I swear, I take a few days off during Thanksgiving and I just can’t get back on the blogging horse. Normally, I have a back log of stuff to write about but this week  [ Read More ]

Are you stumped what to get the bird nut in your life? Here are some suggestions for the coming holiday season. Books, CDs and CalendarsVoices of North American Owls CD – This two CD set has every known call from every owl in North America. The tracks are not narrated, but you can follow along  [ Read More ]

I raise my glass and toast state records committees. For the non birding readers of the blog, bird record committees are the groups in each state that vote on whether or not to accept bird sightings. This is an important (and often times thankless job) with scientific value and meaning. It can be important information  [ Read More ]

There is a general lack of blogging going on… “And I don’t approve! Harrumph!”