Wild mushrooms can be good for you. It’s always best to know what you are doing before you cut them off willy nilly. There are only four species that I can safely identity and eat in the wild and they are: Sulphur ShelfHen of the WoodsGiant PuffballMorels There are other edible species, but those are [ Read More ]
So many questions about the sulphur shelf mushroom that we found on an oak tree while walking out to the hives on Saturday. Did we really eat it? Yes, and had plenty leftover for storage. Sulphur shelf is also known as Chicken of the Woods and is one of the “Foolproof Four”–one of four edible [ Read More ]
And now I present you with a video I digiscoped (or digivideoed) of a black-capped chickadee eating a black oil sunflower seed. Note how it works the nut meat apart bit by bit. Also, note how this bird is not eating at a feeder, chickadees fly away to another perch with their food–presumably to eat [ Read More ]
Well, it’s official, Mr. Neil took one for the team… …and got stung on the neck. The going pool was that all the helpers with the hive had to give the stingee $10 each, so for his pain he got some payola. He was walking near the Olga hive sans bee suit, so it was [ Read More ]
Found on the way to inspecting the beehives today–ginormous (I’ve used it twice in a week, I’ll stop) sulphur shelf! I was going to say this fungus is as big as your head, but that’s Non Birding Bill for size comparison and it’s already bigger than his head–and he has an unusually large cranium to [ Read More ]
Lots of readers sending in this story of the gull thief with a taste for crisps:
I just saw a promo for Mr. Neil’s movie on tv. I can’t believe I know someone who wrote a book that’s being promoted as a mainstream summer movie. The “in a world” guy is even narrating the trailer. Ooooooo. Poor Cinnamon, first she’s losing blog time to birds and bees, now she’s losing her [ Read More ]
There was a request to see video of me giving a Raptor Center program. I don’t have that, but Tuesday when I was feeding the education barn owl during my volunteer shift, I had fellow crew members, Maddy and Sue take some video with my camera and just ask me questions. This is not like [ Read More ]
Sometimes you see things on the Internet requesting clicks or money or whatever, but you never hear the results. Well, I’m happy to report that we were all part of something good and we did make a difference. Remember the Click for Condors? Here is a note from the folks at Ventana Wildlife Society: Fantastic [ Read More ]
I have to admit, I went into Birds and Beers last night with a little nervousness. I put up a notice on the blog and on the Minnesota listervs and I got a lot of emails from people saying that they want to come, but were either out of town or lived too far away. [ Read More ]
