This is a photo that Larry Sirvio took of Tennessee warbler at Carpenter Nature Center–one of the 47 some odd birds that we banded this morning. Oy. It was just nuts at banding today–I barely had any time to get photos. I arrived a little late and noticed some of the parking lot was getting [ Read More ]
As if fall warblers weren’t already tricky to identify! Here comes a whopper. All the photos in this blog entry were taken by bird bander Mary Messerli. She and Robert Fashingbauer were banding birds near Willow River State Park in Wisconsin on August 15, 2007 when they banded these two unusual warblers. Take a look [ Read More ]
Look what I found walking along the trail in Mr. Neil’s woods… Oh no, not another edible wild mushroom post! I just realized that as of this post that I have now eaten each of the “foolproof four”–edible wild mushrooms that cannot be mistaken for anything else in North America. Not only that, I have [ Read More ]
I’ve gotten a couple notes that some readers are grossed out by bees and by other bugs. FYI, this post is certainly not for you. We have other bugs in this post, and one photo is slightly gross. This post is the combination of two days of beeing. Mr. Neil is leaving for a while [ Read More ]
“I said, quit futzing around with your blog and pet me NOW!”
It’s been non stop rain and drizzle since Saturday. We’ve been in a drought for awhile and all the rain that hit southern Minnesota this past weekend really blind sided some of the towns near the Mississippi River. Going from no rain to all of a sudden 18 inches over night was just too much [ Read More ]
Okay, not only is it the season for bald birds, but it’s all the season for squirrel cannibalism. I’m suddenly getting a lot of comments on this old post, if anyone is interested in reading about squirrels eating squirrels and birds. Boy, I would type a caption for what this bird would be saying about [ Read More ]
The sad thing is that when I took this photo, I was sining. I don’t think she cares for my singing. Hey blog readers, could I impose on you for a moment? Because I’m new and unheard of, I’m going to be responsible for promoting Disapproving Rabbits. Could ask y’all a favor? I just noticed [ Read More ]
There’s a new bird seed coming onto the bird feeding market called golden safflower. Note the color in the photo above that give the seed it’s name, safflower is normally pure white. This new version claims to be higher in oil content, higher in protein and higher in fat, making it more desirable to feeder [ Read More ]
