This lovely little sparrow is an American tree sparrow, one of the few birds who come to the US in the winter. Easy to miss in the sea of brown non native house sparrows, but these natives are noticeable with their central breast spot. I was digiscoping this little quy when I noticed him glance [ Read More ]
I saw on Facebook today that the FAA has decided to allow the Operation Migration Whooping Cranes to continue their southward migration: “The FAA has granted an exemption to Operation Migration that will allow pilots to continue to aid the whooping crane migration. Normally, the FAA limits light sport aircraft and pilots to personal flights [ Read More ]
OMG, we can all finally relax, someone claims to have solved the mystery behind The Birds (the Hitchcock movie and the Daphne du Maurier story). A black-capped chickadee banded in Minnesota is the oldest on record…by four months. Pigeons (aka flying rats) can do math and are smart like monkeys. That wacky North Korean media [ Read More ]
I’m going to be out of town but the courageous Curt Rawn (who works at National Camera Exchage) is spearheading the hosting of a Birds and Beers while I’m away. The next Birds and Beers will be at the Sunshine Factory on November 22, 2011 from 6pm – 9pm. Thanks gang for keeping the fun [ Read More ]
As information is coming in about my itinerary to the Hula Valley in Israel, I’m getting more and more excited. One of my hosts for the trip is Tim Appleton and he sent over some photos of what we could see…looks like Cranemaggedon to me. Actually the Common Cranes in the above photo remind of [ Read More ]
Red Rock Audubon wants you to help remove mining claim pipes in Nevada–this really does help birds! 10000 Birds brings up the pipe dream of having a non hunting duck stamp. Starbucks is discontinuing it’s shade-grown coffee line. If you don’t have a place that sells shade-grown coffee near you, I like to order the [ Read More ]
Someone asked to see my MacGyver-like camera battery door repair. This is what I came up with when the camera door broke in North Dakota: I used a couple of hair rubber bands and a wad of paper to keep the battery in place. The hair rubber bands stretch out too quickly so I’ve switched [ Read More ]
Got this via @wr3n on Twitter. I think we should adopt this attitude today. Thank you, Internet.
Everything in here is courtesy of iPhone 4s. Even the digiscoped junco.
This is a shot of pelicans outside the plane window when we did our waterfowl surveys on Tuesday. I posted some more photos and info for my beat over at 10,000 Birds.
