In case you have not heard, we’re buried under an old school blizzard dumping up here. The local weather folk were predicting with barely restrained glee the potential for a massive storm. And though many of us have heard in the Twin Cities that we could get 1 – 2 feet of snow, many of [ Read More ]
Well, we’re about to get Snomaggedon in the Twin Cities this weekend (12 inches with blizzard conditions). The birds are going bonkers at the feeders so I set out the Wingscapes camera to grab some images. The jaunty blue jay is loving the crumpled up peanut suet mixed with black-oil sunflower seeds. And then he [ Read More ]
Wow, what a great Monday–we might hit 40 degrees (do I dare take out my bike), I’m going to learn how to ice fish today and I just came off a fun weekend. I have to put in a plug for my Twin Cities readers: Non Birding Bill’s birthday was the day I flew to [ Read More ]
Dear Non Birding Bill, We’ve given this whole marriage thing one heck of a try. I’m a birder, you’re not and hilarity ensues, we’ve put in a good eleven years and are closing in on 12–we’ve given it the old college try. However, after spending some time in Panama, I regret to inform you that [ Read More ]
Thanks to that Wingscapes Cam, I now have an inordinate amount of clay-colored thrush photos–most of them om nom noming bananas. I have so many that I may have to create a gallery or animated gif when I get home. There will be other species too but my goodness–there are tons of big brown robins [ Read More ]
Here is a video from the Wingscapes Camera I put up at Canopy Lodge of a green honeycreeper and a pair of broad-billed euphonia eating bananas–how soon will that trend start sweeping the North American bird feeder crowd?
Broad-billed Euphonias at the banana feeder at Canopy Lodge taken with the Wingscapes Cam:
I am in love with birding at Canopy Lodge! Right now I am blogging from the outdoor library while being serenaded by a rushing stream, frogs and something that sounds like a screech owl but I just learned is actually a type of toad, a bufo marinus (Yo, Non Birding Bill–that’s a Cane Toad to [ Read More ]
So, I just filmed an interview with WCCO while in Panama via Skype. It’s for the “Good Question” series and will air tonight at 10pm. I love it. Thanks to the wonders of technology, I sat in the bathroom at Canopy Lodge and answered crow questions over the intertubes. Thanks WCCO for making me feel [ Read More ]
For those like my mother who lives in Indianapolis (who are getting Rainmageddon) and cannot experience the white Christmas we are enjoying in the Twin Cities, I thought I’d put out my Wingscapes cam to get some photos of birds and the falling snow. I forgot that I had it set to take video, so [ Read More ]
