Birdchick

Any idea what bird species has this particular tail?

Oh man am I missing hawk banding this fall!  I just felt a pang on Saturday and now after reading my buddy Amber’s blog about a very cool peregrine recapture, I’m ready to sit in a dark box nestled on the edge of the northern woods facing a fallow farm field and Lake Superior and  [ Read More ]

Zeiss rep Steven Ingraham posted this video he got with his scope and video camera combo of a great blue heron working a great big fish:

I’m just back from the 2009 Midwest Birding Symposium and this was the most insanely busy birding event I have ever been to.  There was so much going on and so many people, my only complaint was that I didn’t have the time to have an actual conversation with many people from people I want  [ Read More ]

Mike Bergin and I are here at the Midwest Birding Symposium showing people how to blog and use Twitter or heck, just answer Internet questions.  Here is a photo I’m using as a demo: This this a snipe from the shorebird banding workshop.  Isn’t this a dynamite look at this sneaky little shorebird?  How can  [ Read More ]

Non Birding Bill sent me a link to a silent film that kind of explains where that urban legend comes from, the one where someone comes up to you and asks, “I heard that the (insert your state here) DNR is paying off a family. Apparently, a bald eagle swooped down and took off with  [ Read More ]

I love birding–you can do it anywhere and I love to show people that.  To prove it, I called some friends: WildBird on the Fly and Clay Taylor and said, “Let’s make some videos on birding and digiscoping in Las Vegas.  We are probably going to have at least 4 when Non Birding Bill is  [ Read More ]

WARNING! I’M POSTING A VERY GRAPHIC LINK. IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH OR ARE REMOTELY SQUEAMISH, DO NOT CLICK. SECOND WARNING! The first link I posted has graphic pornography ads on the same page as the vulture images.  I had no idea because my ad blocking software completely blocked it when I checked the  [ Read More ]

WARNING!  THERE ARE SOME KIND OF GROSS BIRD TUMOR PHOTOS IN THIS POST. Don’t worry, I’ll end on a nice cleansing post. The colors at Carpenter Nature Center are outstanding right now.  This amazing palette will last over the next month or so, so if you need a day to just look at some beautiful  [ Read More ]

You know what this mourning dove pondering with its chickpea like brain that governs its large body? That the world is crazy! I have never been comfortable when people tell me that they think some birds are “evil.” I don’t think you can categorize species as good and evil and that if you look at  [ Read More ]