Archive for November, 2008
Cooperation is Cool
Submitted by BrdPics Blog
I spent today with gulls in a snowstorm, keeping them happy with stale popcorn and bread in hopes of luring an immature Mew Gull into photo range without luck. It was cold, windy, snowing, and dark. Lack of cooperation (by the bird & weather): uncool. The only saving grace was the custom [...]
What don’t they do?
Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
In case you don’t recognize her, that’s Cindy the Director of Avian Care at Bird TLC. She tried to hide behind the mop, but I was too fast for her. I don’t think she ran out of avian care things to do, but she had time for a much needed clean [...]
Gull Puzzling
Submitted by BrdPics Blog
An interesting gull showed up yesterday in Boulder (at this point, some birders are thinking, aren’t they all interesting? Others are thinking, oh, great, a puzzling gull…)
Anyway, my buddy Christian Nunes spotted an intriguing large 1st-winter gull with a very pale head at 6-Mile Reservoir on the north side of Boulder yesterday [...]
Patient Visiting Hours
Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
We have two ravens that are under rehab and are in the outside raven mew. They have been getting a lot of visitors lately of the raven kind. I don’t know if it’s because of the holiday season starting or what.
Everyday several different ravens spend some time with them. Sometimes [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Submitted by BrdPics Blog
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
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We have a new eagle presenter
Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
Long time Bird TLC volunteer Lisa Pajot checked off on presenting with Petra our Bird TLC Education Bald Eagle. Lisa will be taking the place of Todd Boren who is leaving with the Air Force for England. Lisa has checked off on several birds through the years to include magpie, great [...]
Noah and the Penguins
Submitted by BrdPics Blog
Hey folks- my birder buddy Noah Strycker has a great blog detailing his Antarctic adventures studying Adelie Penguins for three months with two other researchers at a remote outpost on Cape Crozier. Living conditions are austere, the weather defines harsh, and the work is hard, but his updates are filled with amazing [...]
Welcome to the Flight Center
Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
Actually that’s not right. The only people who are allowed there are Bird TLC Staff and Flight Center Volunteers. It’s big and it has a very important role in the rehabilitation of raptors. But it can be very unforgiving.
The Flight Center (FC) was built on Camp Carroll ANG Base in [...]
Black Buteo
Submitted by BrdPics Blog
In contrast with the white wildlife I featured in my last post, here’s a dark-morph adult Harlan’s Hawk (harlani subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk) that I saw on November 1 and again today. If you’ve followed my blog for a while you’ll know I like dark hawks about as much as any bird, [...]
Watch Your Coffee Brand
You learn something new everyday?
Did you know that the kind of coffee you drink will affect how many birds you see? Better yet, if you still want to see hundreds of species of birds in this world, think shade grown.
Coffee plantations are destructive to the environment because natural vegetation must be removed from the land [...]
Bird watching a key to good child development
Written by Michael Vass
In some circles bird watching is maligned and considered silly. Yet some that might make this ill-conceived leap of logic fail to see the benefits of bird watching. And for those that ridicule, that have children, they may be missing an excellent chance to improve the emotional and developmental health of their [...]
