This squirrel has made a little sleeping nest on the window ledge in our bathroom. They do this every summer and only stay a few nights. They don’t seem to be bothered by the light on at night or the early or late shower. Here’s a video of him getting comfy:
More good conservation news: LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla., June 24 (Reuters) – The state of Florida announced on Tuesday it intends to spend $1.75 billion to buy a large chunk of Everglades land from U.S. Sugar, one of a number of sugar companies blamed for polluting the precious wildlife habitat. U.S. Sugar Corp., one [ Read More ]
Some Numb Nut at the Pizza Luce across from our apartment building thought it would be a fine idea to hire a crew to redo their parking lot at 3:30am last night. Non Birding Bill and I were part of a coalition of neighbors coming out to get the crew to stop. Boy, was I [ Read More ]
Well, after all the heartbreak of the failed requeening of Olga, we decided to give her some eggs and see if she will queen herself. We checked her on Sunday and found 2 queen cells–those are the two yellow things pointing down on the comb. When workers sense the need for a queen, they will [ Read More ]
Check out what we got in the nets on Friday at Carpenter Nature Center. No that’s not a female cardinal tarted up with excessive eyeliner, that’s a cedar waxwing. There are waxwings around Carpenter, and by their behavior, I’m sure they are nesting, but I am always too distracted to figure out where the nest [ Read More ]
So, we found this on one of the beehives tonight: At first glance, it looks like some little scary demon man hanging out on our hives. What voodoo could it be up to? It’s actually some sort of spider (although missing to legs on the left side). It doesn’t look any less scary head on. [ Read More ]
How can I blog when the weather is perfect and field sparrows are singing?
Some interesting news from Science Daily sent in by Reier:Birds Communitcate Reproductive Success In Song: Some migratory songbirds figure out the best place to live by eavesdropping on the singing of others that successfully have had baby birds — a communication and behavioral trait so strong that researchers playing recorded songs induced them to nest [ Read More ]
My friends, I’m sad to report that the outlook of the Olga hive is not good. Mr. Neil, Non Birding Bill and I headed out to do a quick bee inspection…Olga has no eggs, no brood, nothing. And the overall buzzing sound is just sad–dissonant. The new queen didn’t take. We’re not sure what happened. [ Read More ]
On Saturday morning, I woke up at 4am, got my stuff together and headed out to Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center for the Minnesota BioBlitz (you try to see document as much wildlife as you can in a 24 hour period). It’s southwest of the Twin Cities on a bluff along the Minnesota River. [ Read More ]
