We interrupt the fabulous guest blog entries for a sampling of Guatemala hummingbirds. This country is amazing and I had no idea how immersed in Maya culture I would be while here. Enjoy.
And we’re back for Day Two of the Swarovski Guest Blogging Contest. This entry, from Lynnanne Fager, is about a very unusual visitor to her backyard. Results of a Backyard Bird Bordello Spring is in the air and that only means one thing in my backyard: sex. At least for the birds, that is. We [ Read More ]
Hello all, NBB here. Sharon is well on her way to Guatemala, where it’s sunny and 80°, which means that it’s time to begin Swarovski Optik Guest Blogging event. Our first entry is a fun one from Amy Haran of Your Bird of the Week. What Kind of Bird Are You? Which member of the [ Read More ]
When I last blogged about the peanut butter salmonella recall, I was able to find companies that had statements saying their suets and peanut products are safe. However, I was unable to get a response from Scott’s Wild Bird Food. Yesterday, I got this email from Jillian Leiter, Consumer Response Representative: Thank you for your [ Read More ]
I’m furiously packing and trying to tie up some details before I leave…did I mention I’m going to Guatemala. I was clearing out my camera and found a photo I took of a fox sparrow from last Friday. We have a small flock that is bound and determined to spend the winter in the Twin [ Read More ]
I’ve had a couple of peeps ask me why this small finch is called a redpoll. Is the bird going out to survey people on how they feel about politics? No. Poll is another word for the top of the head (not used for that too often these days). So, the bird has a small [ Read More ]
I need to burn through a ton of redpoll and siskin photos before I leave. Non Birding Bill and I are knee deep in sorting through the oodles of blog entries that came in. I got a much bigger response to the contest than expected and it’s going to be tough to narrow down to [ Read More ]
There’s still time to enter the Swarovski Guest Blogging Contest. You have until 5pm (Central Time) today to email you blog entry. Non Birding Bill and I are already sorting through some of the early entries, I can tell that this is going to be a tough decision.
The other day while we were doing a bee inspection, I kept an eye on Mr. Neil’s finch feeder–they were chock full of common redpolls and pine siskins. You can see some of the tracking of pine siskins at Audubon’s Great Backyard Bird Count website…interesting that they are calling it a winter finch invasion. I [ Read More ]
