At times like this getting up at 4:45am that I question why I do what I do. Is it really worth it? After some coffee–yes it is. Off to drive our group to Nebraska for thousand cranes and to see the man who designed my crane tattoo. I should have wireless in the hotel so [ Read More ]
Props out to Gwen from Bird Brained Stories for getting a nod from the Minneapolis Star Tribune Web Search for cool nature blogs. She got a mention up there with Hilton Pond which is one of the best naturalist sites out there. Whoot! Go, Gwen!
“Someone is advertising to me??” As I’m typing this, I am hearing a full thirty second commercial for wild bird food on the radio. That is a first in the Twin Cities. I’ve heard local garden companies and bird stores advertise their seed but never a wild bird seed company advertising their product. And the [ Read More ]
From the BBC:The city council is mounting a campaign to rid the city of the birds, which it says are being fattened up by the public feeding them leftovers. Ten robotic birds of prey are being brought into the city centre to scare off the pigeons and visitors are being warned not to give them [ Read More ]
A guy named Craig is starting a blog dedicated to his nesting red-shouldered hawks. A different take on a nest cam. Peregrine battles are popping up all over. We had the one at the Riverside Cam and word at The Raptor Center today is that one heck of a battle happened yesterday in downtown Minneapolis. [ Read More ]
“I disapproved myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy way!”
I’m starting this entry with the tufted titmouse photo above. Non Birding Bill really liked it (that’s sayin’ something). I set some mixed nuts in a tray of one of Mr. Neil’s feeders and EVERYBODY flew in right away. The titmouse is contemplating the large Brazil nut. Look at the size of that food morsel! [ Read More ]
So, we loved Life of Birds so much that we rented Life of Mammals from Netflix. Life of Birds was so accurate. As we are watching a segment on pikas, David Attenborough just mentioned that eagles are a predator. As soon as he said the word “eagle” a red-tailed hawk cry was dubbed over. Big [ Read More ]
Some catching up: DK and the Fluffies won the owl caption contest with “Yes, damn it, we are having rodent for dinner again tonight and until you can flap your a** out of this damn nest and get your own damn food, I’m not having any more whining from you! *snap*”Sorry I fell behind on [ Read More ]
Well, our little swallowtail has gone to that big field in the sky. The other wing ripped this morning and we put it down. I did some great macro photos of it yesterday. In the above photo, you can see the shriveled remains of the right wing that didn’t develop well in the chrysalis. It [ Read More ]
