Watch out! It’s the world’s angriest indigo bunting! Last weekend’s MN Bioblitz was great fun–if you don’t know, a Bioblitz is an event where people try to document as many living species in a 24 hour period as they can: birds, fish, mammals, insects, plants, fungus, reptile–everything that is alive. I was sorry that I [ Read More ]
This morning I heard a robin giving an agitated call. Here’s an example (only this one sounded more emphatic). I hear them give it when a cat is in the neighborhood or when young are fledging and you get too close. There’s another alarm call that they give for aerial predators like the Cooper’s hawk, [ Read More ]
On Saturday, I was taking some video on a bird walk and this cardinal caught my attention, he’s starting to lose his head feathers. It’s an occurrence that happens often enought that it’s a question on my FAQ, usually in late summer someone will email me about a crazy looking cardinal and it’s a bald [ Read More ]
This is—quite possibly—the coolest contest that I have ever been able to offer on my blog. There are super sweet runner-up prizes and there is one-giant-spanky-mondo-super-cool prize. I present you with the Swarovski Digiscoper of the Year Contest. These are the official list of rules (and make sure to read them carefully) for entering the [ Read More ]
This great horned owl story on KARE 11 from The Raptor Center is one of the stranger cases that we’ve seen in the clinic. She is also proof that not only cars are a danger to birds, but so is carelessly discarded fishing equipment. Do watch the video, there is one incredible photo of the [ Read More ]
I get so many requests to mention sites and products on the blog, I may take a cue from the Follow Friday tag that happens on Twitter and offer a Friday Link Round Up. Also, thanks to Twitter and Facebook you can find all sorts of fun links that are there momentarily in the ether [ Read More ]
We have a new activity we’re offering this summer at the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area called Ranger River Walks. We meet at different parts of our park and show whoever is there around. There’s an asterisk next to the list of parks that denotes if it’s a specific birding ranger walk, but if [ Read More ]
If you heard about the MN Bioblitz mentioned on Ian and Margery on m107, here is the link to info about the BioBlitz. You can also find info on our FaceBook Page too (the Facebook page includes some of the possible wildlife and a video about electro fishing). Hope you can come, I’ll be leading [ Read More ]
Saw this guy at Crosby while getting things ready for this weekend’s Minnesota Bioblitz: There were tons of indigo buntings around and while I was there I heard a black-billed cuckoo and a barred owl.
I spent the day birding around Arrowwood NWR while in North Dakota with my buddy Kate Fitzmeier. And when I say “around,” I literally mean around–it was completely flooded, note the the flooded road above. Some roads were more flooded than others. Check out the Slippery When Wet sign above–I’ll say! I was sad we [ Read More ]
