Wow, this has been an exciting week, figuring out my coming travel schedule. I’m going to a Bald Eagle Festival in Connecticut in February, Detroit Lakes in May (doing a digiscoping workshop and seeing Scott Weidensaul), Potholes and Prairie Bird Fest in North Dakota in June and the ABA Convention in Utah in June–whoot! I’ll [ Read More ]
Here’s a series of images captured by the Wingscapes Camera. One of the fun things about these types of cameras is that even if you don’t use the video mode, the series of photos still tell a story. On a side note, that baffle needs to be removed from the pole, it’s below five feet, [ Read More ]
Okay, the US birding industry has had a sense of humor, but nothing really out of this world since The Mad Bluebird and the squirrel dressed as a blue jay image, but I think I finally saw hints of some naughty humor at Bird Watch America. Is this a double entendre I see? Shocking! And [ Read More ]
Thanks to Michele Hope for sending me this link for an update about the eagles that got stuck in some chum. I must say, Dawn is getting some mighty fine publicity according to this quote from the article: “Cleaning the eagles requires scrubbing them off with unscented Dawn dish detergent to remove the fish oil [ Read More ]
WARNING! Some of the photos in this entry deal with a bird injury and some surgical techniques to heal that injury. If you are eating a meal or are kind of squeamish, you may want to stop reading this entry after the third photo. Just an FYI. After the Holidays and my travel schedule, it [ Read More ]
Not too long ago we had a whole kurfluffle on the Minnesota birding listservs when a long-eared owl was reported. The emails inevitably spiraled into the “someone got too close to the owl and flushed it causing it severe stress and ruining it for the rest of the birders.” However, this story about long-eared owls [ Read More ]
Boy, it’s taking me a lot to catch up from my trips. It was so cute, when I came home Sunday night, Cinnamon hopped right up into my lap–followed by Non Birding Bill (it’s nice to be missed). Email is taking me forever to sift through. I thought I had made progress yesterday, but this [ Read More ]
UPDATE: I’VE ADDED SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS STORY FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THE NEWS IS IN BOLD, MY COMMENTS ARE IN REGULAR TYPE From the Seattle Times: ANCHORAGE — Most of the 30 bald eagles who survived a disastrous dive into a truck full of fish guts are close to recovery, said officials at [ Read More ]
Well, getting Internet access in Atlanta didn’t pan out quite like I thought it would. To have wireless access at the convention center, I would have had to have paid $50 a day. I don’t even pay that a month at home. I have wireless access at the hotel, but I was hardy there. But, [ Read More ]
Here’s a great egret head. Well, I’m in Atlanta right now and the drought is still on–the grass is very brown and there are water conservation notices in the hotel rooms. However, as I type this, there is one heck of storm raging outside, so maybe this is a sign for the better? So, time [ Read More ]
