This entry is brought to you by the amazing levitating nuthatch–ooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo. Ahhhhhhh. Well, Non Birding Bill, Cinnamon, Kabuki, and I have all made the long car trip from Minneapolis to Indianapolis without incident. Cinnamon has been here before and is just loving running around Mom’s condo–it’s carpeted. She popcorned (or binkied) all over the living [ Read More ]
Cinnamon likes to pull open a can of pumpkin and celebrate: On a side note, I would just like to express to everyone out there how grateful I am to you for visiting the blog and for all the support I get from you guys with each blog post. I’m so grateful to everyone who [ Read More ]
An homage to I Can Haz Cheezburger, how many people get this reference?
I was feelin’ a tad stressed yesterday. Some of it travel related, some of it scheduling related, some of it money related, some of it deadline related, some of it work related, some of it book related–blah, blah, blah, blah, BLEH. It was to the point where I was even having trouble sleeping, where you [ Read More ]
A bird that was photographed in Tennessee that appears to be a partial albino has birders guessing. The person who observed the bird said it was about 6″ in length. It did appearto have a tuft but does not look exactly like a tufted titmouse. It was spotted near a bird feeder. Do you have [ Read More ]
After all the exotics in Texas, I was kind of jonesing to spend some time watching the usual suspects around Minnesota feeding stations. I’m dealing with a minor mouse issue in our apartment, so I’ve let my own feeders go empty. We headed to Mr. Neil’s yesterday and his feeders have also gone empty because [ Read More ]
Really, it is. I swear. At least for this year. Banding was slow today at Carpenter Nature Center and I spent the morning talking to the Development Director while she repaired nets. Fortunately, I had a chance to observe some banding while at the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival. Once again, a Sunday morning trip [ Read More ]
This just in: the judge declared a mistrial in the case involving the birder who admitting shooting a cat he felt was feral and threatening a population of endangered piping plovers. I think stupidity was exhibited on all sides of this case. The Birder in Question could have found other options besides blatantly shooting the [ Read More ]
I and the Bird is up and running. For those new to the blog, I and the Bird is a Carnival or a collection of blog entries from various bloggers. It’s great way to discover new blogs out there or ones that have been around that you have never experienced. It runs the gamut from [ Read More ]
This is a photo by John Rubbo, the official photographer of the Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society. He took this at the DreamHaven Book Release party. Well, we have a whirlwind trip to Indianapolis coming up next week. Cinnamon and I will be on Daybreak Saturday Morning on WISH TV sometime between 8:30am – 9am. That [ Read More ]
