One of the fun things about the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival that I attended in Oklahoma was the opportunity to see an area owned by The Nature Conservancy normally closed to the public called Four Canyon Preserve. It wasn’t very bird–the top of the canyons were so windy, you could barely hear any song, but [ Read More ]
The Viera Owl Cam of the great horned owls nesting in a planter in Viera, FL has wound down to a close. The young owlet is out and about exploring life outside the planter and the last video is of the owlet perched and dosing on a trash bin. Speaking of odd great horned owl [ Read More ]
For the record, I did see other birds besides lesser prairie chickens in Oklahoma. As a matter of fact, while I was focused on a pair of male chickens in the middle of a stare down, a yellow blur moved in front of them. I adjusted the focus of my scope to reveal a meadowlark. [ Read More ]
In today’s podcast, we tackle Sharon’s experiences looking for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker and other viewer questions. Craig, thanks for your questions and do know that we kid because I love. [audio:http://www.birdchick.com/wp/podcast/podcast-2.mp3] Download the mp3. Questions? Leave ‘em in the comments.
There are a couple of fun birding events coming up both in Minnesota that you might be interested in. I’m giving a program at one of the events, the other happens when I’m in Kazakhstan. May 2, 2009 – MOU Youth Birding Festival This is a new event and I couldn’t find a website for [ Read More ]
The next Birds and Beers will be Wednesday, April 22 at Lebanon Hills Regional Park. The woodcocks start their display about 15 – 20 minutes after sunset, which means they will start around 8:30pm. Since the display area is next to the visitor center at the park, we’ll meet there starting about 6:30pm and have [ Read More ]
I’m wrapping up my time in Oklahoma. The Leks, Treks, and More lesser prairie chicken festival is still going on with a cool post tour to Black Mesa, but I have to return to the Twin Cities to do some park rangerin’ tomorrow. The festival had birding trips surrounded the Woodward area, but the main [ Read More ]
This has been a very popular video at the Leks, Treks, and More Festival in Woodward, OK. It’s a video from the lesser prairie chicken lek. I female has found a male she likes and attempts to mate with him. The other males in the lek are not happy about this.
I have to say that I’m having a heck of a time here in Oklahoma. Yesterday, at least three vehicles got stuck in muddy roads during field trips (no worries, vehicles were saved and participants still got to see some great birds). But you know it’s a great adventerous festival with gorgeous wild places with [ Read More ]
