Choosing a birding field guide brings up the never ending question of Photos vs Drawings. You can find lots of pros and cons on the internet. For me I like Photo based guides because they show real life examples. I particularly like the regional guides where plumage may vary from the standard. I like Drawing … More Choosing a Bird Field Guide
Looking for a feel good family movie? How about one with a bird theme? If so then check out the movie Hoot. “The film is about a group of children trying to save a burrowing owl habitat from destruction. Its habitat is located on the intended construction site of a pancake house. The developer of … More Review: Hoot
For 4/21/20 Waterfowl, Cornell Pamphlets, & Audubon Chapters I started birding back in the 90’s with the suggestion from my sister Melinda to “start with waterfowl.” I now know how great this suggestion was. Ducks, Geese, Swans are all large and frequently hold still on large bodies of water. Northern shovelers The distinctive Northern shovelers, … More Waterfowl, Cornell Pamphlets, & Audubon Chapters
I decided that I really need to know more about the migratory patterns at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the Camas National Wildlife Refuge. I went searching on the internet, and in my library’s databases. The best source of information is from the refuges themselves on the internet, and from my own observations. … More Musings on migration and my favorite refuges
3/7/20 College Rodeo – Salina Rescue Run is a fun to watch and probably participate in. Two teams compete against each other. Usually there are multiple sets of teams, the fastest overall team score wins. One member of the team stands on a barrel, the other races across the arena to and around the barrel … More Rescue Run at the Salina College Rodeo
3/7/20 More photos from the rodeo. If you go, be sure to eat at my favorite place Mom’s Cafe https://famousmomscafe.business.site/ Winter coated horse YAY Idaho State University team flag Bareback bronc riding Bareback bronc riding Breakaway roping Saddle bronc riding Saddle bronc riding Goat tying Steer wrestling Team roping Barrel racing Barrel racing
3/7/20 The only spring rodeo of the season. Covid hit us hard after this and it was all shut down. Info about Salina UT https://www.salinacity.org/ Beautiful palomino horse YAY Idaho State University team flag Bareback bronc running Bareback bronc riding Breakaway roping Breakaway roping Tie down roping Saddle bronc riding Saddle bronc running Goat tying … More College Rodeo – Salina 2020 pt 1
3/6/20 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bear_river_migratory_bird_refuge/ Sleepy Tundra swans Tundra swans and more Tundra swans Tundra swans with Northern shovelers in the foreground <a data-flickr-embed="true" //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Ring billed gull Redheads and other assorted ducks A raft of American coots Rough legged hawk
3/6/20 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bear_river_migratory_bird_refuge/ Blue Sunrise Ring necked pheasants Red winged blackbird Common raven Bald eagle Pond of ducks (Northern pintails, American wigeons, Green winged teals) Cinnamon teal Large pond with Tundra swans and assorted ducks
Checking us out (June 14, 2016 – Idaho) As you know if you’ve been following my blog, I’ve read a bunch of books on Burrowing owls and didn’t find the answer of how do burrowing owls survive winter. Once I had gone through my pile of books I did a Google search which didn’t really … More Burrowing Owls and Winter
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