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It has been a crazy two weeks. An example:
My new book was a prize in a tattoo contest at a bird festival…said no person ever until Biggest Week in Birding 2013. Above is Paul Riss from Punk Rock Big Year and Rue Mapp from Outdoor Afro who were among the five judges. When [...]
So, how easy is it to get a shot of a Kirtland’s Warbler at the Biggest Week In American Birding?
This easy:
There really aren’t many more life birds I can get in the Eastern US. Sure, there are some birds I saw when I was a kid that I’d like to see again, but for the most part, I can count on one hand the species I need to get from this part of the US. [...]
Part of the fun of birding at the Biggest Week is I get to see my friend Dale Forbes. I met him a few years ago in Kazakhstan and since then he’s moved on to working full time for Swarovski Optik as a products manager. This is Dale’s first time in North America…so you can [...]
So if you’ve been following my Twitter feed, you know I’m at something referred to as the Biggest Week, it’s a big ole’ honkin’ bird festival in northern Ohio at Magee Marsh. It bills itself as the “Warbler Capital Of The World.”
I have seen quite a few warblers, but not enough yet to [...]
FYI, things my get a little more PG-13 than usual later on in this entry, for parents reading with your kids, you might want to read alone first. Yeah, that’s right, Jim, I’m goin’ there!
Man, I ate a lot of pie this weekend. I think this was the most pie offerin’ bird event I’ve [...]
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