Okay birders, it’s time to rally like cat advocates and work like a hunter. Merritt Island is in trouble (all the photos in this entry are from my trip to Merritt this past January). NASA is proposing that 200 acres of Florida’s Merritt Island National Wildlife Sanctuary be taken for use as a private-sector space [ Read More ]
“I’m telling you, from this angle that cloud looks JUST like Bob Sagat.” Barbara, email me your snail mail address (sharon at birdchick dot com) and we’ll send you a hummingbird feeder. Congrats. Also, we know the photographer of theweird looking great gray owl is Cheryl Farmer. You can read more about it at Prairie [ Read More ]
First, the caption contest will be decided by tomorrow morning–perhaps we’ll pick the winner at Birds and Beers tonight? Second–I love my readers. I love that you teach me something new all the time. How on earth would I have learned about a website dedicated to Feral Children? Why is that not a show on [ Read More ]
From The Telegraph: “Russian care workers have rescued a seven-year-old “bird-boy” who can communicate only by “chirping” after his mother raised him in a virtual aviary, it has been reported. Authorities say the neglected child was found living in a tiny two-room apartment surrounded by cages containing dozens of birds, bird feed and droppings. The [ Read More ]
Birds and Beers is this Thursday at 6pm at Merlin’s Rest. I’m laying low at the moment, hoping to clear my body of this virus before tomorrow night. It has gone from my chest straight to my nose. Yesterday, I lost my voice and thought I would still volunteer at The Raptor Center feeding birds–being [ Read More ]
Amy Sedaris (who happens to love Disapproving Rabbits) has managed to make a video that mimics my life, only substitute birding for baking.
After being sequestered in the apartment for a few days, I really needed to get out. I’m mostly better and have that whole throaty voice thing going on (which I would use on Non Birding Bill if it wouldn’t keep getting ruined by fits of a doctor would call a “productive cough”–ick.) But it was [ Read More ]
I swear, just going into Google Image Search and typing a bird species name reveals some fun stuff–usually on the part of red-tailed hawks. Those who are on the squeamish side (or have a strong fondness for kestrels) may want to avoid clicking on the links below: We’ve seen a red-tail fly away with a [ Read More ]
“You OK?” Finally, a balmy mid thirties and instead of going out to digiscope, I stayed in and attempted to cough up my left lung. So, the above photo is about as close to wildlife as I got all weekend. Cinnamon is not so altruistic in the above photo, she is fact hoping to get [ Read More ]
