Okay, the news in the gulf is really bumming me out. And I can’t have a Friday be all about a bummer blog post. So, the most awesome Lang Elliot has provided a cleanser. Chances are that if you have listened to a bird call CD or program, you have heard Lang’s work–he is considered [ Read More ]
When I first heard about the oil drill rig explosion on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the gravity of the situation didn’t hit me. I thought it incredible that over 100 workers came out alive and felt bad for the anguish of the families of the 11 missing. Then the story got [ Read More ]
I mentioned earlier that the wildflowers seemed to be going gangbusters this year around our bee yard–perhaps it’s a matter of me exploring an area around our bee yard that I usually do not get around to visiting? They are in an area outside of Mr. Neil’s property–across the creek as it were. Hans (the [ Read More ]
I digiscoped the strangest photo of my bees yesterday. I’m not sure what setting I had the camera on but they look like odd little space ships.
I headed out yesterday with Lorraine to do some serious wildflower walking (what the heck has happened to me, I’m interested in wildflowers now) near our beeyard. Before Lorraine arrived, I headed down in the woods to see if I could figure out what birds were setting up territory where–I like to get know the [ Read More ]
There’s an article in the Star Tribune this morning about a recent bald eagle survey conducted in the National Park I work for–the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. The area surveyed is the same where we do the bald eagle banding in spring.
I have to say that I’m totally digging the BirdsEye app from eBird that let’s see what birds are being reported during migration. eBird is up to all sorts of cool things, but have you taken a look at what they are doing with all that data they are collecting? Here’s a link to an [ Read More ]
I’m going to have to park myself at my beehives at some point next week. So many native wildflowers are about to erupt. Many are already blooming but there were several sprouting yesterday. If it’s sunny the first part of next week…the woods will be dominated by these delicate and brave first flowers of the [ Read More ]
Just a quick reminder that the comb honey being auctioned for charity from our beehives that my beekeeping partner Mr. Neil autographed ends today. I got an email this morning from Larry Backlund that reads, “Just wanted you to know that the#1 Webcam in the World the LoonCam is LIVE!! This year with SOUND and [ Read More ]
This spring has been spectacular for wildflowers and the woods around the beehives are covered in them. We’ve planted some natives and a two years ago, I bought some clearance large-flowered trillium to add in. I was inspired to encourage more near Mr. Neil’s house because you can find a few small patches of trillium [ Read More ]
