Black-crowned night heron.
Showing posts with label birding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birding. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Carolina Wren
The Carolina wren is a very small bird. It also happens to be one of the loudest. You hear that familiar "tea-kettle tea-kettle tea-kettle" blasting from your backyard, pull out the binocs and scan the underbrush and you find this tiny thing just belting it out! You think, that's what making all that racket? Sheesh.
Now, my brother is a hunter. One early morning, while waiting for some poor unsuspecting deer to stroll past (then blowing its brains out) he's sitting in a tree stand 20 feet above the forest floor. It's still dark, none of the wood creatures yet awake. Complete silence. Peaceful. At that moment, unbeknownst to him, a Carolina wren silently alights on a branch not three feet from his head. And then... "tea-kettle tea-kettle tea-kettle!!!" Gah! Startled to near heart failure!
Don't know if he bagged a deer that morning, but a four inch bundle of feathers nearly knocked him out of the tree. For the record, I'm glad it didn't. (I love my brother.) But yeah, I laughed my ass off when he told me about it! I'm slightly evil that way.
Cheers.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Life is Simple. Eat, Sleep, Bird.
Someone, years ago, gave me a t-shirt with that slogan on it... as I am a bit of a bird nerd. Though I once was avid, I'm now more a when-I-get-around-to-it kind of birder. Still enjoy it greatly, but don't often take the time.
But the Fall migration is beginning and that's pretty exciting. You'll soon be seeing and hearing more and more as many little dinosaurs make their way to various southern climes. I intend to bring you a few species now and again over the next few weeks. (That's my intention. Whether I actually manage to do it is a whole other story!)
Starting out with an easy one from the backyard.
Black-capped chickadee.
Go get yourself some binoculars. And a Peterson Field Guide. And enjoy!
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