Got this via @wr3n on Twitter. I think we should adopt this attitude today.
Thank you, Internet.
tufted titmouse
Birdchick Podcast #72: Birding with an iPhone, apps & stuff
I got an iPhone 4S with HD camera and video. I'm testing out ways to use it for digiscoping with my Swarovski Scope and DCA adaptor. I'm pretty impressed with the initial results. Will this cause me to give up my SLR?
App I'm playing with this week: BirdBeat--kind of a field sketch book. Might be ideal for kids who would like to learn more about looking for field marks on birds. Also, it's an alternative to someone who doesn't have the ability to digiscope.
Knitters around the world answers the request to knit jumpers for oil soaked penguins.
Red-tailed hawk with a nail through its face has been captured and is in recovery.
With the rising cost of sunflower seed we are seeing some interesting alternative mixes for birds show up on the market.
Project FeederWatch is about to start in November, have you signed up?
Articles on bird tourism money in both Florida and Texas.
Julie Zickefoose is awesome and if you haven't read her before, start now!
Testing
Everything in here is courtesy of iPhone 4s. Even the digiscoped junco.
Random Bluebird
Birdchick Podcast #71: Off the hook, yo
This is a podcast without links, due to our busy schedule. Topics include The Big Year at the box office and the recent story of the exotic animal park in Zanesville, Ohio. We'll return to our normal (?) podcast format with the next one.
Duck Survey Time Again
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.
Random Song Sparrow
Random Black-head Grosbeak
The Many Faces Of Savannah Sparrows
Mr. Muttonchops!
I think brown birds are beautiful as it is, but I love putting them in beautiful backgrounds when the opportunity presents itself.
I always thought of house sparrows as the most common sparrow ever and that's true in urban areas of the US but out in the farm fields, especially the cornfields, it's savannah sparrows all the way. And no 2 savannahs seem to look the same during migration.
I've never seen on with so much rufous on the wings, but Sibley assures me that this an acceptable color morph.
Birdchick Podcast #70: Big Year, Birding The Net
There was a movie about birds...not sure if you heard about it... Audubon has unleashed a birdwatching game on the Internet called Birding The Net.
Ornithologist claims to have developed an app called WeBird which will allow you to record bird song with a smart phone and id them for you. I am dubious.
Awesome series of photos of a gull eating a starfish (warning...this does not end well for the starfish).