Monthly Archive: February 2010

Feb
15
2010

8 wolves and 1 cooperative moose

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On Saturday, Non-Birding Vida and I went to Yellowstone to see if we could find some wolves. Vida had never seen a wolf, so I had a mission in life. We entered the park at 7 AM, and we proceeded toward the Lamar Valley. Upon the entering the valley, everything was still and quiet. Just …

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Feb
14
2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

Why can't today be like yesterday, you know warm and sunny after a snow # New Radd Photography post: Making the most of the Sun – First HDR http://raddphotography.com/?p=718 # Spring is coming, Snow Geese! Fort Boise WMA: http://bit.ly/9o4iFB # I've offically lost 20 pounds…the work is paying off. # Getting excited for the weekend…what …

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Feb
07
2010

Winter losing its grip

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Yesterday, I managed to take a quick trip around the valley to enjoy the warm sun and see what the birds were up to these days. While the birding was a bit slow, but the scenery was spectacular. The intensity of the sun was causes an unique low-level fog off the snow. The feeling that …

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Feb
07
2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

The Georgia Ivory Gull dies…the perils of a vagrant http://bit.ly/cbZBQv # Great video from Manu, Peru…where I'm going in June…I'm going with Kolibri Expeditions – http://youtu.be/5McAHsyGYsw # Groundhog Day…sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in that movie..time to break the cycle # Off the gym for cardio – 1 hours worth # Saw a Red-tailed …

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Feb
05
2010

Peru Friday – Birding Peru via YouTube

Miners, motmots and tinamous…oh my. I have been dreaming more and more about birding Peru this coming June and July. Mirages of giant otters and Hoatzin dance in my head nightly. To satiate this tropical hungry, I have been consuming YouTube videos at an incredible rate. There are many fine videos from various birders as …

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Feb
02
2010

Our own groundhog

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Every Groundhog Day, they drag a poor old Punxsutawney Phil out of his constructed den and see if he sees his own shadow. Will there be 6 more weeks of winter or is spring right around the corner? That predicitive logic might be acceptable for an eastern Groundhog (I personally prefer Woodchuck), but we have …

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