Sunday, June 28, 2009
Happy thought!
Here's a happy thought. Don Kroodsma told Laura Erickson that MY song was his favorite bird song!!! I've been doing my best to elude her camera, but when she told me that this morning, I decided what the heck, and though I kept my distance, I cooperated at least a little.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Oh, wow, I have a headache!
Please make your windows easier for us to see BEFORE migration! Dr. Daniel Klem, the hero for many of us birds, has a new paper in The Wilson Bulletin about how humans can reduce window crashes, titled Preventing Bird-Window Collisions. Please read it and help my friends and me to have safe passage. Please..
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Check out my fledging checklist!
Julie O'Connor and Debbie Waters worked out a checklist we Peregrine Falcons must complete before we can leave the nest. Remember--think OUTSIDE the box! Check it out on Sam Cook's blog: http://www.areavoices.com/samcook/?blog=54000
Monday, June 22, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
My hero
is Margaret Morse Nice. And if you don't know who she is, there's an excellent article about her in Wikipedia.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I eat a few baby ducks and geese
They sweeten my disposition. You'd feel snappish, too, if you had a leech on the back of your neck.
Honey, I know you're mad at your little brother,
but siblicide is common in Great Egrets, not Great Blue Herons. So you're just going to have to get along.
Great blog, or the greatest blog?
When I was a baby, I got very sick and would have died except for Marge Gibson. She is a world-renowned wildlife rehabilitator, and she saved my life. And guess what! She has a blog. And boy is it interesting--she gets the coolest birds in, and shows photos of them and is SO interesting! Check it out! http://raptoreducationgroup.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Did you know that some people don't like geese?
It's interesting learning about the world. But rather scary, too.
Little things mean a lot.
Yes, I'm still bringing sticks home to my sweetie. It's nice to show our little ones how important it is to share and work together.
Caught it again!
Great Blue Heron catches his fish before it reaches the water again
Originally uploaded by Laura Erickson
Family Portrait
Do we have a third or even a fourth chick hiding in here? We're not saying! So you'll just have to keep checking.
Friday, June 12, 2009
I love waking up early!
And when I say early, I mean it. I've been starting up singing every day about 3:55 a.m., when it's still quite dark. What's the point? I want everyone to know that this is MY territory--that I made it through the night, I'm still here, and I'm not going anywhere.
Couldn't I hold off until a "civilized hour"? Nope. When it starts getting light, it's time for breakfast! There's just a brief window of time between the sun coming up and the worms going down for the day. So I like to sing, loud and vigorously and long, before it's light enough to hunt. That singing will dispel any doubts about how filled with vim and vigor I am--a robin needs the respect of his neighbors more than just about anything!
After I've eaten my fill, I'll start up singing again, until I have babies to feed--they keep me hopping!--but my favorite singing is always long before dawn. Cheerily, cheerily, cheerio!
Couldn't I hold off until a "civilized hour"? Nope. When it starts getting light, it's time for breakfast! There's just a brief window of time between the sun coming up and the worms going down for the day. So I like to sing, loud and vigorously and long, before it's light enough to hunt. That singing will dispel any doubts about how filled with vim and vigor I am--a robin needs the respect of his neighbors more than just about anything!
After I've eaten my fill, I'll start up singing again, until I have babies to feed--they keep me hopping!--but my favorite singing is always long before dawn. Cheerily, cheerily, cheerio!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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