Sunday, May 9, 2010
WOW!
People who spend a lot of time here at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory are complaining that the birds aren't as good as most years. But they're amazing! This Black-throated Green Warbler came in so close a guy got a decent photo with his cell phone!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Oh, wow!
The "Biggest Week in American Birding" really lives up to its name! So far it's better than I imagined!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Biggest Week in Birding!
I'm headed to Ohio's the Biggest Week In Birding today--well, getting as far as Chicago. Tomorrow I'll make it (FINALLY!!) to the Magee Marsh, where I've never been before, and will spend 5 days taking photos of birds. I don't care if it rains--those conditions are often amazing for warbler-watching. I'll have to figure out how to protect my camera, but if I don't get good photos, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher.
My camera, by the way, is named Annie, after Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher. I named her this because she's helping me to show the world how I perceive it.
My camera, by the way, is named Annie, after Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher. I named her this because she's helping me to show the world how I perceive it.
Friday, April 30, 2010
No one should profit from BP's horrible practices
Until we know exactly how long oil is going to be gushing in the Gulf of Mexico and what it's going to take to clean up the mess, every penny of BP's assets should be confiscated and held in escrow. Also, everyone making money from BP's negligent practices in recent years--including the shareholders--should get an actual financial penalty. Companies are ALWAYS going to try to get away with whatever they can to make a profit. And shareholders are always going to pressure companies to do whatever they can to make a profit. They should lose BIG here, just as they've made others lose big. If corporations are, indeed, "persons" as the Supreme Court now believes, they should be subject to their own wages being garnisheed, right?
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Hungry to hear a dawn chorus?
This one has a few traffic sounds--it was made on May 14, 2008, from my Ithaca apartment balcony.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
John Schoenherr: Rest in Peace
I just read that John Schoenherr has died. He was a fabulous illustrator--he won the Caldecott for the wonderful Owl Moon, and also did a lot of covers for Analog, my husband's favorite science fiction magazine. And he gave me permission to use this ethereally beautiful scratchboard illustration from Rascal on my blog. The world is a little darker for me today.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Birthday, Photon!
My little bird-dog is 12 years old today! We celebrated by going to Montezuma NWR before learning that-a fire started last night near May's Point, and the wildlife loop was closed. It's a bad-looking fire--I could see the smoke all the way from Ithaca!
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