While doing some online research, I came across The Bird Feeder Hat. Now this isn’t a fashion trend that you’ll be seeing in your local bird store or at bird festivals. This is an event organized by Friends of the Ten Mile–a chapter of Redwood Coast Watershed Alliance and this is not just about birds [ Read More ]
I headed over to Richardson Nature Center to take a few minutes to enjoy their feeders and found the whole feeding station inundated with squirrels. It was mesmerizing to watch all the bouncing and romping and crawling and chasing. The above photo has at least 8 squirrels, but I did count 17 grays and 2 [ Read More ]
Kinda sorta bird news here. Some readers may remember from the black swallowtail butterfly ranching that I did last summer that the caterpillars dramatically changed colors as they grew. When first hatched, the black swallowtail cats looked like little bits of finch poop–which I thought was incredibly interesting because unlike monarch caterpillar who stay on [ Read More ]
Okay, here is a cleansing cardinal dedicated to all the readers who clicked on my TLC link and got a little more than they bargained for this morning. If it’s any consolation, Non Birding Bill can’t stand to be in the same room when I’m watching those shows and thinks I’m nuts.
I hope you guys had a chance to step out and enjoy the lunar eclipse tonight. It’s pretty cool. I went out to try and digiscope it and Non Birding Bill came with me. He didn’t have to, but I think he wanted to keep an eye on me out in the cold and using [ Read More ]
Hey, this is actually some encouraging news about a federal ruling on towers from the LA Times: WASHINGTON — When considering new communications towers, a federal court ruled Tuesday, officials need to consider whether they pose safety risks — to birds. The Federal Communications Commission must study the effect of rapidly sprouting communications towers on [ Read More ]
Photo by Clay Taylor Yesterday, I woke up to 50 degrees and heavy rain. Today, I woke up to -4, but at least it was sunny. Photo by Clay Taylor This entry is going to have a combination of photo from both Clay Taylor and myself. Clay is playing with some mad new digiscopin’ skillz. [ Read More ]
Bees are taking over my life more and more. I got an email about being booked as a speaker for the Northwest Sports Show in April. They originally wanted two bird relasted programs and I sent them my list of programs that I thought would be good for that audience. After the fun at the [ Read More ]
Hmmm, well we may have a mammal misidentification in the blog. The seal that I blogged about on Saturday night and said was a harbor seal, may be a harp seal (lifer mammal for me). In the past when I have been at this festival, we have seen a harbor seal swimming in the Connecticut [ Read More ]
