Laura Sexson writes us: “After catching up on some pod casts, I thought I would let you know that USPS.com now has the 2011-2012 Duck Stamp showing as a choice. After some frustrating search attempts I find the search term White – Fronted narrows the results from over 90 to 6. I expect my stamp [ Read More ]
I saw some flickers learning the ways of the world on my bird surveys the other day. Even though that baby looks full grown, he’s still hoping to be fed by the adults. Old habits die hard. This appears to be a little bit of some father son bonding (they are both male, they both [ Read More ]
Robotic gull is cool and a bunch of people at TED think it’s cool because it brings in birds…alas, the birds are mobbing it as if it were a predator. Scientists claim they have figured out a way to force squirrels to hibernate. The American Birding Association now has clothing you can purchase. Um…LowerPro gives [ Read More ]
If you’ve been following this blog this summer, you are aware of the tornado that hit Minneapolis in May and destroyed a heron rookery and the recovery and rebuilding. I got a call from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center that last week and they planned to release 7 of the 9 great blue heron chicks recovered [ Read More ]
This gray catbird has taken to the suet plugs at the feeder in a big way. It’s one of two catbirds (presumably a pair) that have decided the peanut suet dough in the woodpecker log is the best thing ever. Hope they bring their fledglings too.
David Sibley shares some ideas for dealing with birds flying into your windows over at Birdwatching Magazine. I particularly like the idea of using monofilament fishing line on the outside of the windows. Study concludes that green-rumped parrotlets name their chicks (insert dramatic chipmunk). Remember those wildfires in Arizona? Early estimates indicate that 80% of [ Read More ]
Why you should be careful when rescuing wildlife, man looses an eye while rescuing a gannet. Mouth to beak resuscitation. Woman falls to her death while hanging a bird feeder. Residents asked stop feeding birds so trees can be cut down…Oh Caltrans…please hire a wildlife biologist. Cool event: Changing Face of American Birding Note: we [ Read More ]
Hello all, NBB here. Sharon is in the middle of deadline hell so she’s asked me to write a guest post while she gets caught up. The podcast will also be slightly delayed. Since I long ago depleted my limited store of bird knowledge, I thought I’d just indulge in some shameless pandering by writing [ Read More ]
Odd interaction over at Mike McDowell’s blog about a birder claiming ownership of an image…but who does the image belong to? If an animal takes a photo with your camera…who owns the image? My post on 10,000 Birds about an overt racist birder. It called into question for me what kind of vibe do I [ Read More ]
