I was out at the Colonnade to check out the peregrine falcons that nest on that building. I had a KARE 11 segment this week and when I drove by the tall building, I could make one of the birds perched on the nest box ledge. When I returned with my digiscoping equipment that male [ Read More ]
I hope readers who celebrate Thanksgiving had a wonderful day full of favorite foods, gratitude and a minimum of family drama. Non Birding Bill and I thought of all the things we’re grateful for and one thing that I am always grateful for is the opportunity to work with birds of prey. There’s something captivating [ Read More ]
Some may recall from last year that I blogged about John Wood and The Raptor Project his bird program that he does at Cape May. One of the highlights is that he flies his white gyrfalcon out on the beach. He flies to a lure (an object with some meat attached to a long line [ Read More ]
Sharon’s still recovering from having a tree fall on her while eating mushrooms, but, communicating only through eye blinks, she asked me to pass this one to all of you Dear Sharon, I’m writing from KQED Public Broadcasting in San Francisco. We recently did a TV story called Falcon Fascination for QUEST – our multimedia [ Read More ]
Duluth was just unbelievably gorgeous this past weekend. I was surprised that there were still so many leaves on the trees. I bundled up right now. I’m thinking back to last Friday when the temps were pushing 80 degrees in the Twin Cities and less than a week later I see snow flurries out of [ Read More ]
