Good grief! First we had the story of the 3000 – 5000 dead birds in a one mile area in Arkansas…and now we have another report of 500 birds dead on Louisiana. What the heck could be going on? Flockmaggedon?? Here’s my take: I agree that the New Year’s Eve incident in Arkansas was probably [ Read More ]
The news wires are buzzing with a story of thousands of blackbirds (mostly red-winged with a few grackles mixed in) literally falling from the sky in an Arkansas town on New Year’s Eve. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said its enforcement officers began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. Friday. The [ Read More ]
First, an interesting news story that popped up over the Holidays: According to a story in The New York Times blog in the last week a red-tailed hawk was picked up in New York and eventually made its way to The Raptor Trust. Turns out that the hawk is over 27 years old! I was [ Read More ]
Here is a curious article about an interesting hurdle faced by some urban beekeepers in Brooklyn…their honey is turning out bright red! Guess what the culprit is: Red Dye #40 from Dell’s Maraschino Cherries Company. So people who want hives in the neighborhood to contribute to the whole slow foods/locally grown/organic/natural movement are being betrayed [ Read More ]
Perhaps tired of the slowness of the Cats Indoors campaign to take hold, a pair of hooded crows appear to be starting some you know what with cats: I love the Predator soundtrack that was added to this video. This may become a meme, as I see that someone has also put this video to [ Read More ]
I’ve linked before to videos of pelicans eating pigeons, but if you haven’t seen on, watch the video below: The Daily Mail recently posted an article with some pretty incredible photos of the pelican attack. I’ll just link to the article so that way if you don’t want to see a pigeon in a pelican [ Read More ]
Despite the fact that I have a mile long to do list before some of my family arrives sometime tonight or tomorrow for a visit, I have found a slew of talking raven videos. They are five kinds of awesome because, the ravens sound a little creepy. Ravens are in the corvid family and that [ Read More ]
So what is this whole Geek A Week Trading Card thing all about? Good question! Here’s what happened…it all started at a crazy thing called W00tstock Minneapolis. This blurry photo is me meeting Adam Savage from the MythBusters at W00stock…and then a whole bunch of people decided to photobomb it including Hans (the groundskeeper who [ Read More ]
Probably not, but intrepid burrowing owl sure did try. The above Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is of a burrowing owl that tried to set up a territory mini-golf course on Royal Caribbean International’s “Oasis of the Seas” last Saturday. The ship was about to depart Port Everglades for the high seas when a [ Read More ]
Check out this story and video from the BBC about a tawny owl (which nests in a box they way our screech owls do here in the US). The box is fitted with a nest cam and watchers were expecting owlets. However, they were surprised to find mandarin ducklings running around and all over the [ Read More ]
