And yet more Texas birding goodness. Incidentally, if you have been reading these entries and thinking, “Dude, I so have to get my birding butt to south Texas!” I have been in contact with a friend of Non Birding Bill’s who runs a travel agency and we are putting together a trip for next October… [ Read More ]
The Inca dove (like one of the doves in the above photo) reported in Two Harbors is making headlines. Last night it was a headline on the Star Tribune web page and MPR interviewed Jim Lind, the man who found and photographed this first state record. This morning fm107′s Ian and Margery called and we [ Read More ]
Now, this my friends is a hard core bird lister. If you can’t see it, you can click on the photo for a larger version. Note that she has a color coded system as well as a pen to check birds off. I was trying to figure it out. Did the pink just denote birds [ Read More ]
The green-breasted mango (for non birders, that’s a type of hummingbird) that has been hanging out at a feeder in Beloit, WI has been captured and will now reside at a zoo. I’m not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I feel the bird should have been left alone to figure [ Read More ]
If you have not heard about the baby owls using a stuffed owl as a parent, you must check it out at Cute Overload! I go all the way to south Texas to see things like the Inca Dove above and low and behold there’s one hanging out in Two Harbors, MN. Doh! They kinda [ Read More ]
Hey all, NBB here. Sharon’s on her way back from Harlingen, so expect lots of birding posts, hot ‘n’ spicy, Texas-style soon. Side note: we’ve turned on comment moderation for a bit due to some trolling, so that’s why your comments won’t appear right away. We now resume your regular schedule.
I’m currently in the Harlingen Airport–who has FREE wireless(another great thing about this town)! A good chunk of the birding community is here on its first flight out of Harlingen. I’ll be leaving the place where you can drive around and randomly see cool birds (and yet another great thing) in parking lots like this [ Read More ]
One of the many things I love about this festival is the hospitality. The staff is constantly striving to make sure you see birds and are having a great time. This morning I went to drop Denese off at her field trip and I was walking back to the rental car when the festival president, [ Read More ]
Here are some slightly blurry, but oh so cool crested caracaras: So on Friday I went birding on the King Ranch field trip to look for that ferruginous pygmy owl. It was supposed to be a chigger-ful area and after last year, you would think I would show more caution. Many were using duct tape [ Read More ]
So, there’s a big book signing going on right now at the Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest. Amy Hooper who has an essay in Good Birders Don’t Wear White is running a tad late so I offered to fill in for her. I don’t think anyone noticed that I wasn’t her…or that I was wearing [ Read More ]
