Hey, if you’re hankerin’ for another contest, WildBird on the Fly has a bird call one going on and the prize is the very cool new book Songs of Insects. Now back to this wicked bad white hawk. This is one of the eduction birds for the Medina Raptor Center, they were giving programs at [ Read More ]
Holy Cow! A big thanks to Leanne for nominating me for a Blogger’s Choice Award! I’m up for best Animal Blog–I have two votes already–whoot! Although I wonder if I should say Cinnamon is up for best animal–she has a very loyal fan base. We’re celebrating with some parsley. If you enjoy the blog, please [ Read More ]
I’ve posted some things that may have gotten the non raptor lovers hackles up. Like the red-tailed hawk raiding an oriole nest. Well, for those who think I show the raptors always with the upper hand, check this photo out. I’m not sure who to root for, the kestrel or the red-tail. All I can [ Read More ]
Every now and then I’m sent an incredible photo and a warning bell will go off. The last one was the photo of the black bear going after some bird feeders. The person who had sent me the photos had gotten if after a long line of forwarding. No one knew who originally sent the [ Read More ]
Let’s face it, most of us are at home the day before Thanksgiving or if we are at a job we are barely functioning because so many people are out on vacation. Who can concentrate? For readers of the blog who are not living in the United States, Thursday is Thanksgiving where many of us [ Read More ]
So, I almost got clotheslined by a Cooper’s hawk today! Above we have Jane Goggin, one of the many fabulous vets at The Raptor Center. We didn’t have any programs scheduled for my shift today so our crew asked if we could watch Jane and Lori (one of the other fabulous vets) test fly one [ Read More ]
Note: A contest of diabolical proportions is on its way. I planned on doing it today but A: loading photos in Blogger is wonky at the moment and B: Non Birding Bill informed me that he is transferring the whole birdchick website to a new server and it might be hard to find the site [ 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 ]
This is a photo of my sisters Terri (left) and Monica (right) releasing two sharp-shinned hawks. I love Monica, she looks like she just made a touchdown. More sharp-shins being released. Multiple sharp-shinned hawks being released. Another sharp-shin. Oooooooooo, haggard red-tailed hawk being released. Sweeeeeet. And yet, another sharp-shin heading to the wild blue yonder. [ Read More ]
All the photos in this entry are courtesy of Frank Taylor. I just got in a weekly banding report from Frank Taylor. In it was a an interesting account of a first year sharp-shinned hawk that had impaled it’s wing on a twig. Frank said that it had healed up with a bit of the [ Read More ]
