WARNING!!! If you do not like spiders, do not continue reading this post. You really, really, REALLY will not care for this one. Also be warned that at the end of this post are a couple of gross photos of my foot. If my feet and spiders bother you, do not continue. If you have [ Read More ]
I got an email from Norma, Bobby Harrison’s wife. It looks like next year Arkansas is doing a Gala in Huntsville, (and not in Brinkley) for the infamous woodpecker instead of a bird festival on February 24, 2007. Norma has put together a site for Bobby here. If you can’t make it to the gala [ Read More ]
We interrupt the coverage of the Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest for a special announcement. First, remember the Disapproving Rabbits Shirt idea? You can view the graphic here. The caption will read “Nope. No, sir, I don’t approve.” and the back will have www.disapprovingrabbits.com on it. The shirts are brown Hanes Beefy T-shirts and available [ Read More ]
The entry that makes me laugh out loud and is attached with a name wins. Bonus points if you can identify the bird getting its butt examined. Prize is a box of Zeiss Pre-moistened Lens Cloths–good for cameras, binoculars, scopes and glasses. Please keep the answers PG-13.
In case you don’t already feel the necessity to go to South Texas next year, I offer this. One of the highlights of visiting the Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest are all the green jays. They are so gorgeous and about as common as blue jays are for many of us. Here, guide Richard Gibbons [ Read More ]
So, I took a day off from racking up life birds (seeing birds I’ve never seen before) for some songbird banding. After two days of bus trips and one day of birding around all over on my own, I was ready for some low key activity. On this trip we sat on a patio of [ Read More ]
Birds punish the birdchick for ditching a field trip. Beware their wrath.
I think my favorite area to bird in South Texas so far is Laguna Atascosa NWR. When I decided to ditch one of my field trips and venture out on my own I chose Laguna partly for aplomado falcon but also because there is such a variety of habitat you can see anything from crested [ Read More ]
This so rocks! Teeny, tiny McAllen Airport has free wireless! So, according to the last entry I was to make a last ditch attempt for an aplomado falcon before heading to the airport to head home to Minneapolis. One of the things I absolutely love about bird festivals and doing so many is the truly [ Read More ]
My flight doesn’t leave until about 1:40pm today. WildBird has already left for her flight, so I’m thinking of finishing packing and then heading to out to try and see an aplomado falcon before heading out. I’ve seen so many great birds this trip, some I’ve seen before and some completely new. One bird that [ Read More ]
