I was out and about doing bird surveys yesterday and I got to watch an interesting interaction between a small falcon and a large woodpecker. Here’s an American kestrel, minding her own business, hovering and looking for mice with leaky bladders or whatever to eat. There were lots of northern flickers moving through during my [ Read More ]
NBB here. We’re fighting off a hack in the RSS feed. Our apologies. The site may be down for a few hours while I try to fix this. UPDATE: I believe I have corrected the problem. The our site had been hacked and altered in such a way that the spam was only showing up [ Read More ]
I’ve been in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia which puts on an awesome little bird festival. I stayed at the Manor Inn and if you are ever there, I highly recommend it. Feathers in amber. Minnesota man named Craig Staloch accused of destroying 75% of pelicans nests that were on land he was leasing for farming. [ Read More ]
Kind of a bummer for migration. Whimbrels–are really awesome type of shorebird have been fitted with satellite transmitters. One even went through Hurricane Irene. Alas, 2 of them have been legally shot, story here and here. It’s legal on this island to shoot shorebirds, they are not part of the Migratory Bird Treaty. News that [ Read More ]
The “Happy Feet” penguin that swam up onto the New Zealand shore starving, underwent some wildlife rehab and was released with a satellite transmitter has disappeared. Go check out the Sunbathing Birds gallery at Bird Watching Magazine–the titmouse looks disturbing! In really nice news, fewer migrating birds were trapped in the 911 Tribute of Lights. [ Read More ]
On Saturday Non Birding Bill and I were taking advantage of the beautiful weather and the Twin Cities bike trail system. We passed into a neighborhood and hear blue jays, cardinals and nuthatches going bonkers. I took a quick glance but figured since NBB was with me, I might as well ignore whatever was being [ Read More ]
This is where I’ll be next week. From the American Birding Association Blog: Crazy female burrowing owl does 2 broods–1100 miles apart! Oklahoma should really look at the lesser prairie-chicken as an economic opportunity, not an economic bust. There’s a lesser prairie-chicken festival–Leks, Treks and More! It’s hawk migration time–find a Hawk Count near you! [ Read More ]
Big Year news, we have a Trailer: And Audubon Magazine has an article with all 3 stars. Steve Martin assures us they are respectful to birders… Crows tested with snakes and teddy bears. If you are remotely interested in whether or not birds have fingers or thumbs, you’ll love this article. Manx Shearwater crisis [ Read More ]
Another great reason to buy a Duck Stamp: Bird Watcher Supply, Blue Ridge Bird Seed Company and Dawsonville Wild Birds Unlimited have agreed to offer a 10% discount to their customers who display the current duck stamp. Promotion continues through the end of December, 2011. Here’s an article about Sandy Komito, this is the guy [ Read More ]
