The thrushes are hitting my neck of the woods. My only gripe is that they are not singing. Usually, I hear them singing their flutey, self harmonizing whistles, but now they are all lurking low in vegetation, tossing leaves for bugs they can chow down on and continue their journey north. Hermit thrush at T.S. [ Read More ]
The Mississippi River has been flooding a bit in downtown St. Paul, MN. It’s an exciting time for us park rangers at Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. I’ve been out taking photos for the park’s Facebook Page of the progessing river levels and can’t help but get in some spring birding when I’m out [ Read More ]
A big thanks to Non Birding Bill for filling for a day. I had a moment of panic. Every year, my agent sends me a nice card with a note of a charity that received a donation in my name for Christmas. This year, I didn’t get a card. I kind of panicked. I have [ Read More ]
This is a brown dipper that we saw in Kazakhstan. Apart from being brown, it looked just like the American dipper we can see in the western US–right down to the white eyelids! More coming.
I spent the day birding around Arrowwood NWR while in North Dakota with my buddy Kate Fitzmeier. And when I say “around,” I literally mean around–it was completely flooded, note the the flooded road above. Some roads were more flooded than others. Check out the Slippery When Wet sign above–I’ll say! I was sad we [ Read More ]
If you ever have the fortune to find yourself near the Pacific Coast of Guatemala, one of the must stops should be Rincon Suizo in Tecpan, Guatemala. Half the reason is the food, the other half is the birding potential! I have to say that I had one of the best breakfasts of my whole [ Read More ]
Hey, any people from my hometown in Indianapolis free on Sunday, March 29, 2009? I’m doing a digiscoping workshop at Eagle Creek Park right after the Sunday morning bird walk! The bird walk starts at 9am (there’s a fee to enter the park, but the walk and digiscoping workshop are free) and then I’ll do [ Read More ]
I got totally punk’d by my alarm on Friday morning. I was supposed to be at the San Diego Bird Festival headquarters by 5:30 to film a couple of morning live shots for KUSI with Karen Straus. My iPod alarm went off at 4:30 am, I gradually woke up, brushed my teeth and opened my [ Read More ]
Don’t forget, there’s still time to vote for your favorite guest blog entry! So, what the heck was I doing in Central America? I was part of the Fifth International Birdwatching Encounter in Guatemala. It was group that included bird guides and bloggers from Japan, Denmark, the US, and even Ecuador. One of the participants [ Read More ]
Hello blog readers! Or should I say hola lectores del blog? I am back from my Guatemala birding adventure and am sorting through photos. I want to thank everyone who entered the guest blogging contest. There were many fantastic blog entries and I’m sorry that we couldn’t post them all. Be sure to check out [ Read More ]
