I started this on New Year’s Eve but waited until the next day to make sure it was still good for posting. Some of the tense is all over the place. This is by far the most strange New Year’s Eve Celebration I’ve ever had. We had made plans with friends for a quiet New [ Read More ]
On Friday at Carpenter Nature Center we didn’t get in loads of birds and I think all of the ones we got were re traps–birds that have been banded before. But that’s important because it gives you an idea of age and territory habits–these birds are year round residents or in the case of juncos [ Read More ]
Poor Cinnabunny is not feeling well tonight. Her stomach is growling very loudly. She has turned her nose up at baby carrots–that was a concern. But she did eat some parsley, broccoli, half a strawberry, a little hay and a nutriberry–that’s a good sign. I remember long ago early in our marriage (when we just [ Read More ]
Back when I used to lead eagle and swan trips for the bird store we would always make a stop to a really huge bald eagle nest near Treasure Island Casino. It was so big we would just tell people that we weren’t going to point out the nest and just wait for them to [ Read More ]
One of my favorite flavors of suet to offer birds is Woodpecker Treat put out by C and S. It’s getting harder to find, the bird stores don’t always have it so sometimes I have to go to some place like Home Depot (every now and then those big box stores get it right). It’s [ Read More ]
I was going over all my scheduled appearances for early 2007 and boy howdy am I all over the place! If you want to come on some trips with me or even see Cinnamon, check the list below. This will be added to the appearances page soon: January 12 – 14, 2007 Bird Watch AmericaThis [ Read More ]
The first president of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union died. I never met him or even knew him but some birders are sharing stories and memories of George Rysgaard. Tony Hertzel posted this article by Mr. Rysgaard and boy is this an interesting account: An unusually severe and unseasonal snowstorm swept across the north-central States on [ Read More ]
I found this at Barnes and Noble: This book was first published in 1967 and I have a feeling the publisher decided to put it out again in 2005. Alas, no one bothered to edit the cover.
Christmas Eve, Non Birding Bill and I headed out to Carlso Avery WMA to watch the short-eared owls. There were at least eight owls that we saw (and about a dozen birders–almost an informal Holiday party). The owls came very close to the car and two even flew right in front of us. I thought [ Read More ]
Remember that photo we were debating about before Christmas of the golden eagle attacking a fox? I know goldens will go for foxes–no debate from me on that one. But this has the signs of an internet hoax since no one is claiming (with a first and last name) to have taken the photo. I [ Read More ]
