Comments on: Best Bird Festival Idea Ever

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:28:45 +0000

Sharon thanks for all the great compliments and encouragement for and about our festival. You were an asset during the field tour! Till next time…

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:59:46 +0000

Cool. It’s great to see festivals that find creative ways to give back to the main attraction!

By: Bill Stewart

Bill Stewart — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:05:40 +0000

Hey Sharon,
Sounds like a great festival and a wonderful way to involve birders in hands-on bird conservation!! A proactive way to transform birders from being an observer of nature to being a participant WITH nature! Thanks for your kind compliments towards our Delaware Bird-A-Thon, we hope to surpass the $100,000 mark this year, less than 24 hours to kickoff! Put it on your calendar next year, we’d love to have you immersed in our rich birdlife!

Good birding

By: Tisha_

Tisha_ — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:32:21 +0000

I’m so glad you enjoyed our great state! And, I’d never thought about all the fencing causing issues for birds. Interesting.

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:19:20 +0000

That’s a fabulous idea. I hope that it works.

By: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:58:09 +0000

I truly think you do a job that counts among other blessings. It is very similar to birds flying into plate glass windows or house windows when fleeing hawks. There is a solution that is similar to your’s on the fences. And that is to leave the venetian blinds down or, hang threads or cords from the eves over the window with small weights so that they blow in the wind; or use some thin bamboo poles of different lengths to hang in front of the window. I have used all of these but have since put new windows up with smaller panes and they seem to have stopped the collisions.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:30:42 +0000

As a birding neophyte, I had no idea the fence marking was unusual. I’m so glad to have been a part of it! And I LOVED being out on the prairie. I could have done that all afternoon.

By: Jodyth

Jodyth — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:13:43 +0000

This is a wonderful use of resources. You’re very right — it should happen more often! Beautiful pictures, by the way.