There are some way cool links out there. One is over at Round Robin Blog and it’s all about an Albatross Cam! It is so cool. One of the photos from the albrotross backpack cam shows them feeding along with killer whales–how cool is that? Sigh, I would love to hang out at an albatross [ Read More ]
I mentioned earlier that I’m partnering with OpenSky. It’s an online store with birding products that I like. Part of my end of the deal is to make blog entries and videos of the product I like. Non Birding Bill and I see this as an opportunity to create some short fun birding videos. Below [ Read More ]
Usually, it is the hummingbird that is the best at communicating when the feeders are empty. If you have a nectar feeder and it goes empty, one of the best clues is a hummingbird flying up to the window as if to let you know the nectar is bad or empty. If you have studied [ Read More ]
As signs of fall migration make themselves achingly apparent, many of the goldfinches in my area are still holding on strong to breeding plumage. As I was digiscoping this male yesterday, I noticed differences in the bird calls around me. No indigo bunting singing on territory or red-eyed vireo–that was first this month. There were [ Read More ]
For some reason this black-capped chickadee kept flying down to the hummingbird feeder today. I don’t think it was after the nectar. Unusual visitors like house finches, verdins, woodpeckers and even fruit bats are known to partake of the nectar, but I think this chickadee was going for either the water in the ant moat [ Read More ]
As a blogger with good regular traffic, you will be approached with all sorts propositions and marketing ideas. Usually, it’s amounts to an affiliate link that will get you a 3% interest on products sold–not very enticing. Especially since most people will see a blogger affiliate link and may keep that product in mind, but [ Read More ]
I was walking by the kitchen window when a glimpse of blue caught my eye on the finch feeder. Among the oodles of goldfinches was a male indigo bunting. I’m not sure why, but he is usually a cagey little fella. When I see him at the feeders, any movement causes him to take off [ Read More ]
That odd little American goldfinch is still hanging around, he showed up this morning on my sunflower feeder while I was making breakfast and I tried to grab a quick video (apologize for the Wayne Newton in the background). I don’t think that cap is ever going to grow in, it’s almost time for the [ Read More ]
This is the one time of year that my oh so trendy neighborhood goes insane. I live in an area of Minneapolis where people go for funky restaurants or to get pierced and tattooed. It’s a fun place to live…apart from this weekend–we have there’s a huge art fair and a local pizza joint closes [ Read More ]
I’m testing out some video footage in the blog. This is a female red-bellied woodpecker going for a sunflower in nut mix in a copper mesh feeder. Note how she uses both her beak and her tongue to get the food out.
