In case you have not seen it, Birdspot has an awesome shot of a dowitcher with the tips of its bill open. Fabulous shot, gotta love what those crazy shorebirds can do with their bills! Speaking of shorebirds, my friend Doug Buri is offering some of his great brown bird workshops again this year. One [ Read More ]
DON’T FORGET: There is still time to get your entries in for the Swarovski Guest Blogging Contest. A chance for you to have a blog entry posted here for the day (and getting some of my readers a taste of your writing) and a cool prize while I’m birding in Guatemala! Well, the weather has [ Read More ]
Here’s a video from Mr. Neil’s feeders yesterday. You can see goldfinches in winter plumage, common redpolls, and pine siskins. The most fun is the sound of the hundreds of finches in the trees waiting to come down to the feeders. I love the up slurred, “shreeeee” of the siskins! They are all over the [ Read More ]
There’s so much birdy goodness on right now, I’m too distracted to blog. I am currently surrounded by an explosion of winter finches which I started calling Redpollapalooza and another reader calls Siskagogo. I’ll have more photos of that later. As a matter of fact…I have started this particular blog entry about five times, but [ Read More ]
Hey, great news for all you Birds and Beers fans. The regulars are going to host one in my absence! The next Birds and Beers is Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 6:30 pm at Merlin’s Rest! Birds and Beers is an informal gathering of birders of all abilities–if you’re interested in birds, you’re invited. You [ Read More ]
While I was in Florida, common redpolls were being reported in the Twin Cities metro area. Last winter they were showing up in good numbers up at Sax Zim Bog and Mr. Neil even had one at his feeders. There have been a few hanging out at Carpenter Nature Center. When we were trying to [ Read More ]
First a small announcement on Birds and Beers. I will not be able to host one in February, my travel schedule is just not conducive to it this month, I’m really sorry, I miss you guys! If you want to have one without me, please do, but the next one I will host will be [ Read More ]
I’m going to Guatemala in a couple of weeks and I’m told that between the rigorous itinerary and the uncertainty of Internet access, I need some help covering the blog. So what do you do when you are the sole writer of a blog and you need some time off? I’ve used a guest blogger, [ Read More ]
NOTE: I just noticed on the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival that they have some items that attendees left behind. If you attended the festival, check it out. My final day at the Space Coast Bird Festival in Florida involved a 12 hour pelagic birding trip with the Explorer Fishing Charters. Above is a [ Read More ]
