http://thebuffleheadbirder.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:25:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On my kitchen table there stands a small brown Carolina wren. It's perched on a small pile of lichen and pale green moss. The tail juts straight up like a wren's should although its wings are a little too short for an adult bird. If you peer closely you might notice ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/birth-of-a-carolina-wren/ http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/puzzle-great-blue-heron/ This past Sunday saw me at my favorite wetland pond where a couple of Wood duck broods spent a successful summer surviving the snapping turtles that dwell in the pond. A high growth of vegetation along the pond's edge let me set up my scope and camera without disturbing the ducks. By ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/afternoon-with-wood-ducks/ Again, despite my desire to linger over tea and a new book at my favorite coffeeshop, I was glad that I had shown up for a morning bird walk with the Wyncote Audubon Society. It never fails, but to get out into the woods gets my mood up and often ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/fall-warblers-at-militia-hill/ Red tailed Hawk Jigsaw Puzzle http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/red-tailed-hawk/ For good eating and great scenery the best place on Nantucket Island is The Bathtub on Eel Point; that is, if you're a Black-bellied Plover or a Short-billed Dowitcher or some other kind of shorebird. The Bathtub is a tidal cove separated from the open Atlantic by an arc of ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/breakfast-at-the-bathtub/ To do this puzzle just click on the image. http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/puzzle-fun-september-12-2008/ Hello again. If you've been turning blue from holding your breath in anticipation of the next post you can let out that stale CO2 and take a deep breath. Here's a new post with a couple of birds but something else, too. I was checking through some old photos I have, thinking about ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/duck-duck-bear/ Just when I think I pretty much know what to expect at certain times and in certain places, I discover that I don't. It never fails to happen. This Sunday I got to live that lesson again. Almost every weekend I look forward to some digiscoping. There is a wetland pond I've been going to since ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/stepping-out-the-door/ It's pretty cool what has been done in the name of bird conservation lately. While green birding has been around, it was the Big Bird Year (BIGBY) that has really put the concept out there in an inspiring way. The Big Bird Year was an incredible cross-country cycling trip for 10th ... http://thebuffleheadbirder.com/green-birding/