Entries from February 2008

February 27, 2008

South American list so far

As you know I missed my opportunity to go birding in BA.  Big bummer.  But I have been plugging away it every-time I went ashore Uruguay.     There are quite a number of birders aboard too;  so we swap sightings, bird books and past travels.  They have all been to Antarctica.  I am going to seriously [...]

February 22, 2008

MoDo in the snow


February 20, 2008

Wordless Wednesday


February 17, 2008

Unexpected guests

Have you ever looked out the window at your feeders expecting the same old, same old, when you were stopped in your tracks?  Well, it just happened to me.
I have enormous colonial windows in my kitchen.  They face the backyard were the feeders hang near a pair of oak trees.  I often sit in the [...]

February 15, 2008

Great Backyard Bird Count

I’m in. Are you? It takes as little as 15 minutes sometime in the next 4 days. AND it does not need to be in your own backyard.
So far today on my patch of turf….
6 Black-capped Chicadees
1 American Tree Sparrow
4 Tufted Titmice
1 Crow
3 White Breasted Nuthatches
2 Mourning Doves
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker.
8 Juncos
Let’s [...]

February 13, 2008

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

February 9, 2008

Owl vs Sharpie

Pretty cool video. It is hard to see the owl at first, but hang in there.  The hawk is so big the owl can barely fly.

February 8, 2008

Got the Winter Doldurms?

And yet another arctic blast is coming in.  Pop over for a visit with Nick at Biological Ramblings f0r the I and the Bird # 68.  There is lots to read on a cold winter day and plenty of posts from more temperate climes to take our minds off the wind rattling the shutters.

February 8, 2008

Next great adventure

Si, me voy a Argentina, Uruguay y Brasil. I am going on a cruise and hope to be birding in all 3 countries. If you know of a guide let me know. I have not found Birdingpal useful. I have a couple of leads though. I’ll keep you posted.

February 6, 2008

Wordless Wednesday