WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! Disapproving Rabbit fans and general cute bunny lovers (that means you, Non Birding Bill) do NOT want to click on any links or even read the following blog post. STOP READING NOW! But it is bird related and I find this horribly fascinating as a birder and I think that’s enough stahling. [ Read More ]
If you need a break from the headlines…here’s something from Nick Park called Creature Comforts: Being a Bird:
Cinnamon got a shout out from a caller to Showcase Minnesota today! Craziness! Here are the feeders that I had on there. I got them all form the Wild Bird Store in Wayzata, but you can order them online as well…or stop into any wild bird specialty store:Solar Powered Squirrel Proof Feeder (I’ve got one [ Read More ]
Birdchick: Man, this house finch I took a photo of today looks really peaked. Non Birding Bill: Is it okay? Birdchick: Yeah, it’s just molting, see the pin feathers. Non Birding Bill: Well, it doesn’t need those breeding feathers this time of year. Birdchick: Well, it’s actually growing in those pink feathers now. Non Birding [ Read More ]
Hey, if you are interested, The Winter Finch Forecast is out, if you want to try and figure your chance of seeing some irruptive species. Crossbills, goshawks, and boreal owls might be a possibility in northern states. I have been part of the coolest thing through the National Park Service this week. It’s called Big [ Read More ]
It was time to do some honey harvesting at our three hives. We had a rather large posse going out: Me, Mr. Neil, Non Birding Bill, Lorraine, Kitty, and Euan Kerr from Minnesota Public Radio. We had so many people coming, that we were short on bee suits. NBB wore long pants, with a red [ Read More ]
So a few weeks ago, I was at a reliable outdoor retailer and found Hillside Self Heating Coffee. There were a variety of flavors, but I figured a French Vanilla Latte would be the safest to try. I thought it would be the perfect addition to my banding trips in the Duluth. After a night [ Read More ]
I met up with my buddy Rick and we carpooled up to Frank Taylor’s hawk banding station near Duluth, MN last weekend. The plan was to have a great weekend of hawk banding, timed right during the big broad-winged hawk. I thought we were off to a bang when one of the first birds in [ Read More ]
I did a little hawk trapping over the weekend (emphasis on “a little”) and am doing Big River Journey for the next couple of days. I’m using tonight to try and catch up on lots of email and phone messages…why is it that last-minute-OMG-I-need-this-done-now emails come in when I take a few days to go [ Read More ]
I just got the biggest chuckle out of this photo. Apparently a group of people were protesting Scientology in New York (all wearing masks) and two were holding signs that read, “Down with this sort of thing” and “Careful now.” This is a reference to one of my all time favorite tv shows… Father Ted–it’s [ Read More ]
