So, I stumbled upon a really interesting blog called Pete at Midway, written by a man spending six months on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean–who knew they had Internet access there? Anyway, he’s got some great shots of the birds around there including albatross, fairy terns (also known as white terns), and tropic birds. [ Read More ]
I’m going to be on KARE 11 Saturday tomorrow morning. I’m scheduled to be on between 9:30 am – 10 am. I’ll be talking about summer bird feeding.
Yo, Mom, Terri–y’all are gonna want to pay attention to this entry. I think we need to do a weekend at this place! Wednesday, Explore Minnesota started it’s pilot project of Bed & Breakfasts & Birds (BBB). What we are trying to do is help teach bed and breakfasts how to market to birders who [ Read More ]
I took a ton of photos Wednesday and Thursday at the Log House and Homestead Bed and Breakfast for a meeting and workshop with Explore Minnesota. I’m trying to put together a blog entry about it, but I’ve got over 45 photos and two videos I want to use, so I’m trying space them out. [ Read More ]
Just came back from a magical experience in Vergas, MN–more on that later, for now, I present Fergus Falls, MN. And I don’t just mean the giant otter statue in the park…at least I think it’s an otter since it’s in Otter Tail County. But to me, this looks like a weasel. Whatever it is, [ Read More ]
Just to keep the bird stuff going around here, I found some photos that were sent to me last month, that I haven’t had a chance to post yet. Aaron sent these photos of woodcock chicks. Can you see it in the above photo? If not, here is an up close view. Can yo see [ Read More ]
Unexpected Life Dream Realized: A young porcupine crawled into my lap–I didn’t even know that was a life dream until it happened. This totally made up for the unexpected, pricey, yet oh so needed, costly vehicle repair today. His handler can now hold him without gloves and as I was taking pictures, he crawled my [ Read More ]
Warning: there is a spider at the end of this post. I used to be scared of spiders, not so much now. We checked the hives yesterday and we had one of the hive namesakes to help out (Olga). We currently have three bee suits, which Mr. Neil, Olga, and I wore. Non Birding Bill [ Read More ]
Ever wonder why banders wear hard hats when banding peregrine falcon chicks? Well, my friend Carrol Henderson got some photos last week during banding to answer the question. “Get your grubby human hands off of my chicks!”
I’m getting some work done while having Little People Big World on in the background. A promo just came on for Animal Planet, they are going to show Winged Migration next weekend. In the promo, they showed the bald eagle from the movie landing…and what sound did I hear dubbed over? Red-tailed hawk. Is it [ Read More ]
