birding, photography and living with pet birds
Posted in sparrow on Oct 30th, 2011
There is a section of Utah that everyone is supposed to travel when the leaves change called the Alpine Loop. The views are spectacular. If you’ve ever said to yourself, “I don’t know about Utah. I bet it’s all a desert.” You would be wrong. I’m really starting to love the Aspen trees. I also [...]
Do you remember the pictures I posted back in May of the hideously ugly yet cute coot? By the time we hit July 4th, they start looking much cuter. He’s so cute that I had to look up different kinds of waterfowl to make sure this wasn’t a duck or a grebe. In May the [...]
Posted in cockatiel on Oct 26th, 2011
Audrey has something that he would like to share with you about the Occupy Wall Street movement: “They keep me in a cage all day. There are never enough blue bottles. They won’t scratch my head for hours. I am the 99%.”
Posted in gnatcatcher on Oct 25th, 2011
This summer I found a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers nesting. I first found them on June 4, 2011. The female is the grayer bird on the right. I only noticed them because they were still in the process of building the nest so there was a lot of flying and fetching of materials. I kept [...]
Posted in random on Oct 22nd, 2011
Continuing with the last post, after being frustrated about the lack of art in the Denver Contemporary Art Museum, we headed to the Denver Art Museum. This museum is fantastic and you should go if you’re ever close to Denver. The museum is divided into two parts. The north entrance has a very unique look: [...]
Posted in random on Oct 19th, 2011
Last weekend Jon and I went to Denver. Jon wanted to go to a headphone convention and I wanted to visit a new city. In particular, we really wanted to visit some art museums. The Museum of Contemporary Art looked perfect because we both love contemporary art and they talk a good talk on their [...]
Posted in nuthatch on Oct 16th, 2011
Fall used to be my favorite season. In New England where I grew up fall meant beautiful foliage, cool nights, apple picking and pumpkin pies from farms. I’m trying to maintain the same excitement in Utah but fall now means the end of interesting birds. Solitude has gorgeous forests so I went a few weeks [...]
Posted in woodpecker on Oct 14th, 2011
Northern Flickers have polka dot underparts. male They also have a lot of stripes on their wings. female There is at least one flicker in my neighborhood. I would hear the distinctive call when I was outside and see her on telephone polls. One morning I went out to fill the feeder and a female [...]
Posted in cockatiel on Oct 12th, 2011
Audrey doesn’t get a lot of attention on this blog because he’s not a spaz and most of his contributions to the family involve yelling. But he can become happy if you give him proper inspiration. Audrey likes bottles and he loves Conner. He has a lot of secrets to tell Conner. Conner really likes [...]
Posted in warbler on Oct 9th, 2011
Yellow-rumped Warblers are beautiful birds. They’re often overlooked because during certain times of the year they’re everywhere. During our Arizona trip, we started saying “Oh, I see something! Wait, it’s just a Yellow-rumped Warbler.” The Yellow-rumped Warbler is a combination of two species that used to be considered separate species. The way to tell the [...]