Now, this my friends is a hard core bird lister. If you can’t see it, you can click on the photo for a larger version. Note that she has a color coded system as well as a pen to check birds off. I was trying to figure it out. Did the pink just denote birds [ Read More ]
If you have not heard about the baby owls using a stuffed owl as a parent, you must check it out at Cute Overload! I go all the way to south Texas to see things like the Inca Dove above and low and behold there’s one hanging out in Two Harbors, MN. Doh! They kinda [ Read More ]
I’m currently in the Harlingen Airport–who has FREE wireless(another great thing about this town)! A good chunk of the birding community is here on its first flight out of Harlingen. I’ll be leaving the place where you can drive around and randomly see cool birds (and yet another great thing) in parking lots like this [ Read More ]
One of the many things I love about this festival is the hospitality. The staff is constantly striving to make sure you see birds and are having a great time. This morning I went to drop Denese off at her field trip and I was walking back to the rental car when the festival president, [ Read More ]
Here are some slightly blurry, but oh so cool crested caracaras: So on Friday I went birding on the King Ranch field trip to look for that ferruginous pygmy owl. It was supposed to be a chigger-ful area and after last year, you would think I would show more caution. Many were using duct tape [ Read More ]
So, there’s a big book signing going on right now at the Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest. Amy Hooper who has an essay in Good Birders Don’t Wear White is running a tad late so I offered to fill in for her. I don’t think anyone noticed that I wasn’t her…or that I was wearing [ Read More ]
Got to experience a ferruginous pygmy-owl today at King Ranch. We heard a few owls, but the birds were so hidden that I couldn’t really get a photo. However, the males were tooting so loud I could take a video of the thicket and you can hear one of them singing away:
We started our birding in the fog this morning. We were in a newer park in the Weslaco area called Estero Llano Grande State Park. This where the northern jacana was located this time last year. Llano Grande has a wonderful deck overlooking a lake. When we arrived at dawn there was a heavy fog [ Read More ]
One of the booths here (Bird Uganda Safaris) has an interesting give away. I was handed a clear plastic bag (sealed) full of a clear liquid. “Is this water?” I asked. Closer inspection revealed it to be Uganda Waragi (premium gin). Guess we know where the party booth is! Well, I have seen my requisite [ Read More ]
Well, I have landed in Texas for the Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest. I am again helping out my friends at the birdJam booth. I haven’t done much birding yet, but some parrots flew over our hotel and I discovered that Denese from birdJam is a little sentimental over great-tailed grackles. She remembers them fondly [ Read More ]
