nothoo.com » Birds http://blog.nothoo.com meritorious marginalia Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Random Bird Videos http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/06/random-bird-videos/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/06/random-bird-videos/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:50:46 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/11/06/random-bird-videos/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Some strange and entertaining bird videos.

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/06/random-bird-videos/feed/ 2 Death By Weed http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/01/death-by-weed/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/01/death-by-weed/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:05:07 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/11/01/death-by-weed/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Golden-crowned Kinglet, dead and entangled in some Burdock:
Dead GCKI

This picture and the story behind can be found here. More about Common Burdock can be found at the Virginia Tech Weed Guide. Common Burdock is an invasive plant introduced from Europe.

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/01/death-by-weed/feed/ 1 The Birder Survey http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/01/the-birder-survey/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/01/the-birder-survey/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:50:32 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/11/01/the-birder-survey/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> In following the lead of Patrick at the Hawk Owl’s Nest I offer here answers to my Birder Survey. Note that many of these are the same as I answered for my DC Area Birder profile at BirdDC:

  • What state (or country) do you live in? Virginia, USA
  • How long have you been birding? 4 years
  • Are you a “lister”? Yes
  • ABA Life List: 267
  • Overall Life List: 268 (the Common Myna that I saw in the Burger King parking lot in Florida City, FL does not yet count towards my ABA list!)
  • 3 Favorite Birding Spots: Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, VA; San Elijo and Batiquitos Lagoons, San Diego, CA; Sky Meadows, Faquier County, VA
  • Favorite birding spot outside your home country: N/A
  • Farthest you’ve traveled to chase a rare bird: 45 minutes (normally 25 but it was rush hour!) for a White-faced Ibis at Huntley Meadows
  • Nemesis bird: Kentucky Warbler (have heard them many times but the sighting remains elusive)
  • “Best” bird sighting: Olive-sided Flycatcher at Monticello Park in Alexandria, VA
  • Most wanted trip: SE Arizona
  • Most wanted bird: Gyrfalcon
  • What model and brand of bins do you use?: Vortex Stokes DLS 8×42
  • What model and brand of scope do you use?: Swarovski 65mm ATS HD Scope with zoom eyepiece
  • What was the last lifer you added to your list?: Dickcissel
  • Where did you see your last lifer?:Blue Mound State Park, MN
  • What’s the last bird you saw today?: White-throated Sparrow
  • Best bird song you’ve heard ever: Canyon Wren
  • Favorite birding moment: My life Yellow-breasted Chat doing a display flight in the Woodcock meadow at Huntley Meadows
  • Least favorite thing about birding: Ticks
  • Favorite thing about birding: Being Outside
  • Favorite field guide for the US: Sibley
  • Favorite non-field guide bird book: Kingbird Highway – Kenn Kaufman
  • Who is your birder icon?: Kenn Kaufman
  • Do you have a bird feeder(s)? Not actively
  • Favorite feeder bird? Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/11/01/the-birder-survey/feed/ 0 Pelican 1 – Pigeon 0 http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/25/pelican-1-pigeon-0/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/25/pelican-1-pigeon-0/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:44:03 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/10/25/pelican-1-pigeon-0/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Some stories just write themselves.


Pigeon Pie

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/25/pelican-1-pigeon-0/feed/ 0 DIY Google Search http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/24/diy-google-search/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/24/diy-google-search/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:58:34 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/10/24/diy-google-search/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I am playing around with Google’s build your own search feature. It is pretty cool. I am going to stick the search over on the sidebar and keep refining it.

Mine is a Birds, Birding, etc… search. Try it out:


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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/24/diy-google-search/feed/ 0 Another Colorful New Bird Species http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/09/another-colorful-new-bird-species/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/09/another-colorful-new-bird-species/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:59:29 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/10/09/another-colorful-new-bird-species/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A few weeks back there was a flurry of news reports about a new bird species that was found in India, including a post by yours truly. Now we have another report of a new bird species, the Yariguies Brush Finch, this time from Columbia. This bird like the last one is quite colorful. I wonder how many more there are to discover?

Yariguies Brush Finch

[UPDATE: Better article can be found here.]

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/09/another-colorful-new-bird-species/feed/ 0 Cat Naps Help Birds Migrate http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/03/cat-naps-help-birds-migrate/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/03/cat-naps-help-birds-migrate/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:14:30 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/10/03/cat-naps-help-birds-migrate/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Cool stuff: a study where scientists kept some Swainson’s Thrushes in cages for a full year has shown a likely explanation for how migrating birds make up for sleep lost while migrating.

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/03/cat-naps-help-birds-migrate/feed/ 0 Great Pics of a Red-Tail Hawk http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/02/great-pics-of-a-red-tail-hawk/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/02/great-pics-of-a-red-tail-hawk/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:42:49 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/10/02/great-pics-of-a-red-tail-hawk/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This site has some really awesome pictures of a Red-tail Hawk. This one is my favorite.

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/10/02/great-pics-of-a-red-tail-hawk/feed/ 0 Blog Visits http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/09/24/blog-visits/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/09/24/blog-visits/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:31:12 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/2006/09/24/blog-visits/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I was just looking at a graphical summary of the visits to my blog in the past 12 months. It is quite obvious that I get more traffic in the Spring and in the Fall. Why you ask? Because I post much more frequently in the Spring and Fall due to the biannual bird migrations that happen at that those times of year. I found this graphic to be really cool.

Sept 05 to Sept 06 Visits to Nothoo.com

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]]> http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/09/24/blog-visits/feed/ 0 Ivorybill Woodpecker Rumors http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/09/24/ivorybill-woodpecker-rumors/ http://blog.nothoo.com/2006/09/24/ivorybill-woodpecker-rumors/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:18:50 +0000 jeff http://www.nothoo.com/wordpress/?p=281 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> [Another Update 9/26/2006] Over at the Stokes Birding Blog there is a nice post that provides more links and details.

[Update 9/26/2006] Here is a link to the article that apparently created this rumor.

It has been almost 2 years since the announcement that there was at least one Ivorybill Woodpecker living in the swamps of Arkansas. Since then there has been very little hard evidence produced to back this extraordinary claim. The evidence that has been produced (a very short, very grainy video and sightings by some skilled observers) has been questioned, and the questions answered. I for one am happy that the land that was purchased to protect the Ivorybill has been preserved, Ivorybill or not. Now there are some rumors starting to circulate that there is another site where a “major” University is studying 9 pairs of Ivorybills! If true this would be amazing, but we need some evidence. This evidence is, again, rumored to be forthcoming at the next AOU meeting. We shall see.

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