Holy Cow! I have just come home from the biggest Birds and Beers I have ever hosted. It was a blast and everything that I hoped Birds and Beers would become. Birds and Beers is an informal gathering of people of all interests in birds. From the hardcore lister to the beginner. It’s a way [ Read More ]
I mentioned the other day that the Raptor Center was going to release a bald eagle called Harley because it arrived to wildlife rehab via motorcycle. Well, this eagle was released with a transmitter just like Golden Eagle 42. You can see my buddy Mark Martell and read about it over at the Pioneer Press [ Read More ]
Today is Birds and Beers at Joe’s Garage–hopefully we’ll see some hot crow action coming to the roost (if it hasn’t shifted too far west) but at the very least, it’s a great place with great food and beverages to meet other people interested in birds. In the meantime, if anyone sees any rusty blackbirds [ Read More ]
I may have to change my blog’s tagline to this: I just ordered this shirt at Magnificent Frigatebird today (they make my favorite birding shirts). I don’t think it will be here in time for Panama, but there are plenty of other places to wear it.
If I did not have to do Government on Display for the National Park Service on Saturday, I’d so be going to this. What a great way to spend a winter day! In early August on a long stretch of County Highway T near Wascott, Wisconsin, motorcyclist Brian Baladez passed a bald eagle on the [ Read More ]
I drove Non Birding Bill into work this morning because I couldn’t stand the thought of him standing at his usual bus stop in -1. Afterwards, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some ingredients of a ratatouille to remind me of summer and impulse bought a “Watch ‘Em Grow” purple hyacinth. I [ Read More ]
There’s an unbelievable story from Chicago Breaking News about a that was badly burned as the result of a plane crash near the Aurora Airport. This was not a case of the hawk flying into the plane, this was the result of the hawk being at the wrong roost at the wrong time. There’s kind [ Read More ]
Want to be part of a cool project and monitor birds this winter? February is approaching and that means it’s time for the Great Backyard Bird Count. The event happens from February 12 – 15, 2010 and all you need to do is the birds you see in your yard on one or more of [ Read More ]
First A couple of announcements: I’ll be on Showcase Minnesota this morning sometime between 10am – 11am answering your bird questions. And the next Birds and Beers is scheduled for this Sunday at 4pm at Joe’s Garage to try and watch the winter crow roost. Now, the crows have shifted the roost a little bit [ Read More ]
And so the Ivory-billed Woodpecker has a new sighting. The Birder’s World Twitter feed just broke the news with this press release that a Daniel Rainsong claims to have gotten a photo in the Southern Sabine River Basin in Texas. Many birders are ignoring it until the photos are actually released. The photos “are being [ Read More ]
