Saturday, March 30, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
"Don't Cross This Crow!" aka "Watch Your Back!"
First of all, let me apologize for our long absence. It's been a long winter for my birding buddy and myself. Now that spring is in the air, we hope to post more regularly.
I couldn't resist sharing this story with our readers. My girlfriend went to Lake Placid last week with her family and some friends. The Inn they stayed at also housed some foxes, owls, and other wildlife in need of some care.
This vacationing group came in contact with a curious crow.
He appeared to have no fear of humans. Maybe he was a recipient of the kindness of the innkeepers. He would come and land on your outstretched arm. How sweet!! The only problem was that this friendly crow had a strange way of making friends. Perhaps he was a middle child/bird and had to fight to get attention. Or perhaps he suffered with some sort of insecurity complex or anxiety disorder.
In any case, he tried warming up to these friends by pecking on the head of little Silas! All that got him was a shooshing away. Then he tried a love peck on the neck of Norbert. That wasn't too endearing, especially since it drew blood! He proceeded to perch nearby, but this only served to intimidate! It sure is hard making friends!
Fearless Mark decided to capture "the love" on video. Way to go!!!
Hope you enjoyed the video as much as I did. So the next time you see a crow, watch your back! You never know!!
I couldn't resist sharing this story with our readers. My girlfriend went to Lake Placid last week with her family and some friends. The Inn they stayed at also housed some foxes, owls, and other wildlife in need of some care.
This vacationing group came in contact with a curious crow.
He appeared to have no fear of humans. Maybe he was a recipient of the kindness of the innkeepers. He would come and land on your outstretched arm. How sweet!! The only problem was that this friendly crow had a strange way of making friends. Perhaps he was a middle child/bird and had to fight to get attention. Or perhaps he suffered with some sort of insecurity complex or anxiety disorder.
In any case, he tried warming up to these friends by pecking on the head of little Silas! All that got him was a shooshing away. Then he tried a love peck on the neck of Norbert. That wasn't too endearing, especially since it drew blood! He proceeded to perch nearby, but this only served to intimidate! It sure is hard making friends!
Fearless Mark decided to capture "the love" on video. Way to go!!!
Hope you enjoyed the video as much as I did. So the next time you see a crow, watch your back! You never know!!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Where have all the birds gone?
It is already the end of November and I don't think Sandy and I have managed to go birding more than three times in 2012.
Our goal or quest was to use our love of birding to help us make time to do this together. But alas, this year has someone how eluded us and passed by much to quickly.
Last month I was looking out my kitchen window and I saw my first Dark Eyed Junco. What is remarkable about this is that they only winter on Long Island and if they are here already then where on earth has the year gone?
So here we are on November 27th, and we are trying to plan something for this weekend. But as always there are time constraints we must work with, service and other obligations.
Let's hope we spot some birds!
Our goal or quest was to use our love of birding to help us make time to do this together. But alas, this year has someone how eluded us and passed by much to quickly.
Last month I was looking out my kitchen window and I saw my first Dark Eyed Junco. What is remarkable about this is that they only winter on Long Island and if they are here already then where on earth has the year gone?So here we are on November 27th, and we are trying to plan something for this weekend. But as always there are time constraints we must work with, service and other obligations.
Let's hope we spot some birds!
Monday, October 1, 2012
Birding in Sweden 2012
Okay so first we want to apologize for not blogging sooner. Sometimes life happens and before you know it time has passed us by.
We will try our best to help you see the wonderful birds we saw while we were there.
We landed in Gothenburg Sweden at 5am after being up for almost 24 hours but we dropped off our luggage and began exploring. We took a look at our maps and off we went. We found our way to a park a few miles from the hotel and as we meandered through the gardens we spotted a bird that we could not identify.
So we saw this bird and we were quite perplexed as to what it was. It was black with a grey fuzz type hair piece. Once we researched it we found this bird to be a Eurasian (Western) Jackdaw.
Our research shows that this bird is from the Corvus monedula (Crow Family), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or simply Jackdaw. Found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa, it is mostly resident, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in winter.
As the days went on, we found ourselves at the Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful day and we parted from our group of 16 to wander aimlessly through the gardens as we do so well.
We climbed rocks, went out on ledges, crossed waterfalls and stood in amazement as we took in the natural beauty of creation.
It was here at the gardens that we saw up close the Magpie.
The Eurasian Magpie, European Magpie, or Common Magpie, (Pica pica), is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies. In Europe, "Magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula.
The Eurasian Magpie is one of the most intelligent birds, and it is believed to be one of the most intelligent of all animals.
Other birds flew in and out of our view but we didn't get any other good photo's. So we don't have much to show for it with bird photos but we had a great time.
Hej Da to Sweden!
We will try our best to help you see the wonderful birds we saw while we were there.
So we saw this bird and we were quite perplexed as to what it was. It was black with a grey fuzz type hair piece. Once we researched it we found this bird to be a Eurasian (Western) Jackdaw.
Our research shows that this bird is from the Corvus monedula (Crow Family), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or simply Jackdaw. Found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa, it is mostly resident, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in winter.
As the days went on, we found ourselves at the Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful day and we parted from our group of 16 to wander aimlessly through the gardens as we do so well.
We climbed rocks, went out on ledges, crossed waterfalls and stood in amazement as we took in the natural beauty of creation.
The Eurasian Magpie, European Magpie, or Common Magpie, (Pica pica), is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies. In Europe, "Magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula.
The Eurasian Magpie is one of the most intelligent birds, and it is believed to be one of the most intelligent of all animals.Other birds flew in and out of our view but we didn't get any other good photo's. So we don't have much to show for it with bird photos but we had a great time.
Hej Da to Sweden!
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