So, I’ve a small goal this spring to see if I can find a ruffed grouse drumming log. I’ve heard them drumming in a few places on Mr. Neil’s, but I’ve never found the log itself. Yesterday, I went out with my buddy Amber to try and find the log. She’s one of the few [ Read More ]
I got this rather arty photo of house finches with the WingScapes Camera. The female house finch flying in behind the domed feeder looks like she’s doing some weird interpretive dance. Speaking of finches, there are some reports this week in the news that there is a salmonella outbreak going on in Arkansas and New [ Read More ]
Olga’s busting out all over! I went out to check the Olga hive today and her winter insulation was gone. I started mumbling to myself something along the lines of, “Now, why did Mr. Neil go ahead and take the insulation off the hive without telling me? Is it too soon? What was he thinking?” [ Read More ]
Oh, we are getting into dangerous territory. The last few days have been sincerely spring-like in Minnesota: forty degree temps, sun, melted snow and lots of returning birds like the killdeer in the above. What typically happens here is that we will have a few days of this and out of the blue will come [ Read More ]
People were talking about Coon Rapids Dam on the Minnesota birding listservs. The great blue herons were returning to the rookery and there was a great horned owl using one of the nests. From my understanding, the owl has been there for the last few years–there’s a plethora of nests for it to choose from [ Read More ]
If you’re bird and like to watch sugary marshmallows being toasted, check out the video of Non Birding Bill roasting and eating a Peep. I have to say, this may be the best way to eat one. Because the fire carmalizes the sugar on the outside of the Peep, it’s like eating a marshmallowy Crème [ Read More ]
I just had a weird, weird Wednesday. First I read a headline on CNN about a high school teacher in trouble for using a banned book in her classroom. Curious about what backwards school system that was, I clicked on the link and discovered it was my old high school: Perry Meridian High School. And [ Read More ]
Non Birding Bill is always keeping me abreast of the latest technology and just uploaded a screen shot and photo editing application called Skitch. It’s mostly so I can point out things in photos. I took that golden eagle photo from the previous post and added some notes: The first time I posted the photo [ Read More ]
I’m not sure how it happened, but one of my photos has ended up in the I Can Has Cheezeburger builder. People have been emailing me captioned photos and links. I want to thank whoever put it in there for crediting the photo to birdchick.com. Andi, the education golden eagle at The Raptor Center laid [ Read More ]
