Bird’s Eye View
Bird’s Eye Quiz #38 — Who Am I?
Two quizzes in a row with the whole bird, instead of just an eye...I'm making it FAR too easy. Who Am I? As always, at the end of the month, I’ll randomly draw from all the month’s correct answers and give the winner a free 8 x 10 photo of [...]
The Truth About Climate Change: Warmest June Ever (and More)
June 2010 was the fourth consecutive month where the global temperatures were highest monthly temperatures ever. It's now been 304 consecutive months (!!!) where we've had temperatures higher than the "norm" over the past century. This year, [...]
Weekly Photo Story: Montana Storm
As I've said in some of my past blog posts, one of the joys of my job as a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey is that I have done quite a bit of field work over the last 15 years. Nearly all of it has been in the United States, and I've [...]
Bird’s Eye Quiz #37 – Who Am I?
A whole bird for a change! Should be easy!! You can click on the image for a little bigger view. As always, at the end of the month, I’ll randomly draw from all the month’s correct answers and give the winner a free 8 x 10 photo of their [...]
Why are human beings such bigots?
Why are people such bigoted pigs? Just a wee bit off topic, but a couple of things currently on the front page of CNN.com really bug me. First you have a story about opponents to efforts to build a new mosque and Islamic community center that is [...]
Hummingbirds at feeders
An interesting article about hummingbirds and their behavior at feeders. If you have hummer feeders up, I'm sure you've noticed as well how incredibly aggressive they can be in "defending" a feeder as if it's their territory. Young Spoiled [...]
Stinkin’ Cowbirds!!
ARGH!! Stinkin' Brown-headed Cowbirds! I was out in the back yard, and was kind of watching a Chipping Sparrow out of the corner of my eye, as it hopped on the ground through my landscaping in the back. It caught a moth, flew up, and went to [...]
Bird’s Eye Quiz #36 – ANSWER – Yellow-crowned Night-heron
This one may be fairly easy, given the strong facial pattern and colorful eye. Who Am I? As always, at the end of the month, I’ll randomly draw from all the month’s correct answers and give the winner a free 8 x 10 photo of their [...]
Weekly Photo Story – Orca Mother and Young
In June of 2006, I "had" to do field work up in Alaska. Yes, it was a real hardship, having to spend a week traveling throughout the Kenai peninsula and up to Denali. The weather was uncharacteristically terrific, sunny most days, with even [...]
Free 8 x 10 photo for ALL correct quiz answers for June!!!
Well, I've had my blog going for several months now. In case you haven't noticed, I go through spurts of several days where I don't post. It's partially because it's hard to get motivated to post, when traffic to the blog is so slow!! I'm getting [...]
