Birdchick

It was jam packed at Carpenter Nature Center banding on Friday. It was the day after Thanksgiving and many people stopped by–including a hilarious 4 year old named Dylan. She kept asking to band a bird herself. I was doing a junco when she came to me and said, “I was going to do that  [ Read More ]

It’s time for some of my picks for gift ideas for the birder in your life. Here is a link to all my other past gift suggestions. The gift ideas range for birders of all ages and all abilities. I’m not paid by anyone to endorse any of these products, although a few you may  [ Read More ]

I unsubscribed from a local birding listserv awhile ago. For some reason, I started receiving emails again and took it as a sign when someone reported seeing a long-tailed duck about six blocks from my home. I’d seen one before, but it was years ago in a Wisconsin sewage pond. As a matter of fact,  [ Read More ]

There are updates at the end of this post! Non Birding Bill and I are celebrating our usual day long date that we call Naked Thanksgiving. One of the many things I’m grateful for is just some time with each other. It was suggested that bird bloggers post photos of turkeys today. I’m not sure  [ Read More ]

I’m pretty much finished with traveling for the rest of the year, but I’m prepping for adventures next year and I am OH so excited. I’m going to do the Space Coast Bird Festival in January and what’s really fun for me is that I’ll get to help on the field trips and I’m going  [ Read More ]

Some of you may have noticed on the blog page that I have a Twitter Update. If you are not familiar with Twitter, it’s a form of micro blogging. I can send a one or two sentence update, it cannot be any longer than 140 characters. Sometimes I type an update in from my computer  [ Read More ]

This job opening caught my eye. It’s perfect for anyone interested in eagles and living in Wabasha, MN: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: The National Eagle Center, today’s leading organization dedicated solely to eagles and their relationships with the natural world and human cultures, seeks an enthusiastic and highly ambitious senior-level candidate for the position of Executive Director.  [ Read More ]

We had an interesting recaptured bird at Carpenter Nature Center last Friday! We don’t have our nets setup right now, it’s too cold. Birds tangled in a net can’t use their feathers as well to regulate their body temperatures so we don’t up them up when it’s below freezing. We do set up little cage  [ Read More ]

There’s a new podcast up for Birdwatch Radio. It’s part one of a two part series made during this year’s Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. He talks to my buddy Jim Danzenbaker from Kowa (and Jim even schools you on how to properly pronounce the name Kowa). Also interviewed is one of the guys from  [ Read More ]