Monthly Archives: February 2012

The forecast is …

Posted on February 28, 2012 by birder

I’m looking at “birdcast,” a collaboration of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Continue reading →

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Can you count …

Posted on February 24, 2012 by birder

I didn’t try to count the whole flock, but there had to have been at least two dozen. Continue reading →

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Searching for seeds

Posted on February 23, 2012 by birder

Speaking of common redpolls and pine siskins, both made my Great Backyard Bird Count. Continue reading →

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Keep on counting

Posted on February 18, 2012 by birder

The Great Backyard Bird Count is off to an appropriately great start, according to the bird count folks. Continue reading →

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Time to tally your backyard birds

Posted on February 16, 2012 by birder

It’s time for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Continue reading →

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Raptor out the window

Posted on February 14, 2012 by birder

Any raptor watchers want to settle that for us? Continue reading →

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Redpolls, a cardinal and a surprise

Posted on February 11, 2012 by birder

A male and a female cardinal were munching on safflower all day. Continue reading →

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Snow(y) on a fence

Posted on February 8, 2012 by birder

Camille LeBrasseur of Sawyer, Minn., saw a snowy owl sitting on a fence near her house in the fading sunlight around 4:15 p.m. on Jan. 5. Continue reading →

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Sunday on Park Point

Posted on February 7, 2012 by birder

Lyle Anderson shared pictures he took near his home on Park Point around noon on Sunday. Continue reading →

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A creepy lifer

Posted on February 1, 2012 by birder

Gary Bodie of Brainerd, Minn., saw a lifer on Wednesday: a brown creeper climbing a burr oak in his yard. Continue reading →

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