One of the target birds for me on this trip was an America dipper. I’ve always wanted to see one of these guys and no, not because in the photos it looks like the dullest bird ever. It’s super cool. First, you look for dippers in this type of stream. They actually move around the [ Read More ]
Ah, a few minutes to blog at the Salt Lake City Airport. One of the best parts of an American Birding Association Convention are the sub parties. There are field trips, but there are people who may have missed birds or need birds that are not part of the offered field trips, so people come [ Read More ]
Bird Uganda Safaris (is here with their primo give away) and got a shot of me and another convention participant trying to get our lifer black-throated swifts: Beats the heck out of “swift neck.”
Above is a beautiful Bullock’s oriole we saw on a field trip in Vivian Park yesterday. See, Non Birding Bill, they aren’t all brown and gray out here. So, here are some of the topics birders are discussing at the American Birding Association Convention in Utah: Falcons are more closely related to parrots than other [ Read More ]
Double binocular harnesses!
Just a quick and dirty entry: Got some exciting life birds today (and just in case there is still a question, a life bird or lifer is a bird that you observe for the first time in your life and add to your life list): A cordilleran flycatcher–I can hear how overwhelmed he is in [ Read More ]
Someone posted photos on MnBird of a female pileated woodpecker at the Minnesota Zoo. Check out her bill in this photo and this photo–it’s crazy long! I wonder if it’s a result of the bill not being worn down enough in captivity or if it’s part of the larger bird bill deformity problem? Here is [ Read More ]
When I first arrived, I tried to do a quick blog post and kept getting error messages. I called Non Birding Bill and he looked into it. Apparently, I had used up all the space on the server. Ooopsie. He cleared some space and I should be good to go over the weekend, but we’re [ Read More ]
I just checked into my room for at Snowbird for the American Birding Association Convention. Check out the view: I think this is the fanciest place I have ever stayed at for a birding convention. Also of note: my first bird in the state was a black-billed magpie. Beats the usual house sparrow, starling, or [ Read More ]
