tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29447691969281115862024-02-06T20:36:05.501-08:00Caveat LepusFeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-91872416817574414142009-02-11T22:04:00.000-08:002009-02-11T22:06:08.928-08:00Somewhere in the ocean<br />A huge ship unleashes its might<br />The fury hits the city.<br />Doves fly up from the mosque<br />The city rumbles.<br />Smoke slithers through the streets<br />Like a dying snake.<br />Now there is fire.<br />Human struggle.<br />No song in the City.<br />There is death.<br />Madness.<br />It is just the beginning.<br />Confusion.<br />Someday we will see what<br />The enlightened already do.<br />When the birds of peace rise<br />From the city<br />On outstretched wings<br />Towards a sky ablaze with nothing<br />But the colors of dawn.FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-4823358088478598882009-01-04T16:07:00.000-08:002009-01-04T16:11:10.877-08:00Hawking!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcwCMRDr5BEtrRkLgrN1EG7VCjyihRd0n_5myEjKv-r04Of1iSSyLq_RJKQzqDTZh6tUYCrOsocS_8R8z-o5yzjqEoYjnt29BKvALsW1GniAj37uftwNMDytoqDWZ_zyX9DqqJG_kpWs/s1600-h/Chase2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287595250175597042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcwCMRDr5BEtrRkLgrN1EG7VCjyihRd0n_5myEjKv-r04Of1iSSyLq_RJKQzqDTZh6tUYCrOsocS_8R8z-o5yzjqEoYjnt29BKvALsW1GniAj37uftwNMDytoqDWZ_zyX9DqqJG_kpWs/s200/Chase2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I've been out hunting the last couple days and although it's much too long to write all the adventures out here, we've been having them! Snow Geese, Towhees and an American Bittern have been the recent highlights along with the rabbits of course. The goshawk chased a quail today. Pretty exciting. Chase has caught 2 rabbits and a vole in the last couple days. Hooray for rabbits.</div>FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-83052338096999727142008-12-28T10:26:00.000-08:002008-12-28T11:12:37.480-08:00Well, all this talk of bird banding/ringing has made me dig through my photo albums. I've posted a few highlights of my bird banding over the years:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV13L1KPLJA6rKVE84UGwzietJyffpx5ayhWgSlrAflkn1bIhdJ1UCdM9gjJnX_IyXf7Op64Fn2W6i_JYpP5e9ZmjHdhcJyZwjH_5pxx_hq1L4Xvrgy1CjdMFZfTn09tqOWd7YO3xGkms/s1600-h/IMG_2393.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284916013166869490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV13L1KPLJA6rKVE84UGwzietJyffpx5ayhWgSlrAflkn1bIhdJ1UCdM9gjJnX_IyXf7Op64Fn2W6i_JYpP5e9ZmjHdhcJyZwjH_5pxx_hq1L4Xvrgy1CjdMFZfTn09tqOWd7YO3xGkms/s200/IMG_2393.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mountain Chickadee<br />Idaho Bird Observatory<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKjGYcDe5KGFSDJWam3gnHHoNUa1wG643upGFT9NK5dlc41jYurBmPqr3tScc76XJ-aMML15KMTxV9RBBLUqNSmrTPuyw-6CvBaohwqJPL8UdA8DmceXBFKjBojtjYs5XP8gZ0q3bqB0/s1600-h/IMG_2262.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284915465642692354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKjGYcDe5KGFSDJWam3gnHHoNUa1wG643upGFT9NK5dlc41jYurBmPqr3tScc76XJ-aMML15KMTxV9RBBLUqNSmrTPuyw-6CvBaohwqJPL8UdA8DmceXBFKjBojtjYs5XP8gZ0q3bqB0/s200/IMG_2262.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Immature female Northern Goshawk<br />Entiat, Washington<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284915465258397138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBwRVX7_ZzRcofKD9xqukwd33bCkoWKtAwqx9rJBqDpl-r6E8s8KhyphenhyphenUMGBnl6vz1DcF9rjRCAGHVD-F6Lcz98QR4Xjwia1m6XbvM9-8wCDJko8Nxg4MxVhQWPM-ucNR9G22T_5h2bsJo/s200/IMG_2429.jpg" border="0" />Immature male Merlin Idaho Bird Observatory<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvp4ZpF7KEERnfeCFFHOm-YWM5GdjKaSsQcXAoNPszRsLkoeNZpaZBcLV8tdyUGopyY4LFFE7zJgUCLR4GwgfcJ5vK_N0x-SA7EtJaFd_ww_8eWXyrtErUGBrtnTkDu0nnp2T3xNSXyM/s1600-h/Picture052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284914432013137042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvp4ZpF7KEERnfeCFFHOm-YWM5GdjKaSsQcXAoNPszRsLkoeNZpaZBcLV8tdyUGopyY4LFFE7zJgUCLR4GwgfcJ5vK_N0x-SA7EtJaFd_ww_8eWXyrtErUGBrtnTkDu0nnp2T3xNSXyM/s200/Picture052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Barred Woodcreeper<br />La Selva, Costa Rica<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDznEa0f-tgVSSmbm0vm4ma7LoRtEC6WoxaiSO6qQzmTXaXz1AtldyiV6dUFkXsXX1_jwijQo66qZ04pCtvIH7sMBIme_PH6xzt5q9XuwegM4RtOk3VDEOup7eS115PnxTEbNRXoquGY/s1600-h/P1050196.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284909490037435506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDznEa0f-tgVSSmbm0vm4ma7LoRtEC6WoxaiSO6qQzmTXaXz1AtldyiV6dUFkXsXX1_jwijQo66qZ04pCtvIH7sMBIme_PH6xzt5q9XuwegM4RtOk3VDEOup7eS115PnxTEbNRXoquGY/s200/P1050196.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Female Long-eared Owl<br />Ninepipes National Wildlife Refuge<br />Montana<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih20cqXc33rAJldVcvtmMZH8RIRf2pDEvqkyeWh_RMKlGBpasLkw5GNmh-YoVeTi5iH8oG69IRz1pTkgp7VZsKqqUjFN4g8oKLDGjY_SuJEmwJy7_LvEzKktQn7uuWn4zSLTqyY1B_f0c/s1600-h/P1050203.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284909478532207970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih20cqXc33rAJldVcvtmMZH8RIRf2pDEvqkyeWh_RMKlGBpasLkw5GNmh-YoVeTi5iH8oG69IRz1pTkgp7VZsKqqUjFN4g8oKLDGjY_SuJEmwJy7_LvEzKktQn7uuWn4zSLTqyY1B_f0c/s200/P1050203.jpg" border="0" /></a>Pair of Long-eared Owls<br />Ninepipes NWR<br />Montana<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284909469708382802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7aXQROmxuAVR46poUZ08N14PkWbuJcfvv7nQtIPYoIEEhzqC0L-M1tEAXBmUxJk0hfgtUgBOueLZYTfDt5LvAPm6fvLXOHXMGPIYk7SS9o3c1wqRxTS6QnFDegQGcqv9_YC85EUw7_M/s200/Paraque.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Common Paraque La Selva, Costa Rica<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1rqeWQ72Qhk3usEcdbAkm2DKR4ws8WxkmH2jt2mj_DxfLPvGN963SWbIgjXy4XyOoJVuEHuGUedJAruSt1WBRVZKPuvLG93ci4lwEes8FF97bi6qF7LgoNSAJJJOuDPWSzNKK7BEB84/s1600-h/Manakin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284909466078124338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1rqeWQ72Qhk3usEcdbAkm2DKR4ws8WxkmH2jt2mj_DxfLPvGN963SWbIgjXy4XyOoJVuEHuGUedJAruSt1WBRVZKPuvLG93ci4lwEes8FF97bi6qF7LgoNSAJJJOuDPWSzNKK7BEB84/s200/Manakin.jpg" border="0" /></a> Male White-collared Manakin<br />La Selva, Costa Rica<br />(they are incredibly strong for their size,<br />the males especially because they dance ALL day)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NQGTBG8dG0wzvZZ154FT_R_KVuFbHchH8Lc99fooiFPFG_Hw1th3EHfRoJvSU3ef_mAe8kTP6Ic04Ll6ha34Sgeo2jHS6Fj-ANQNB0zaqUyZS4z6NpM2nePkYjlugk_LFMokA8T3p8g/s1600-h/Picture052.jpg"></a>FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-88835033147910090712008-12-27T20:47:00.000-08:002008-12-27T21:17:42.780-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/141716815_7d65d9643f_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/141716815_7d65d9643f_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Slaty Spinetail, Costa Rica<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/81365751_172af68b63_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/81365751_172af68b63_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Yellow Warbler, Oregon<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/81365751_172af68b63_m.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/123020810_88147f074f_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/123020810_88147f074f_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Green-crowned Brilliant, Costa Rica<br /></div><div><div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/123020811_b13eecdacb_m.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="text-decoration: underline;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px; " src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/123020811_b13eecdacb_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/123020811_b13eecdacb_m.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Bicolored Antbird, Costa Rica</div></div></div>FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-29301101699687864972008-12-27T15:23:00.000-08:002008-12-27T15:45:54.309-08:00CBC and trying to figure out life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjId9Nl3GaFMVsgoBHckHbPiUTryA5-T6iiGRrnS3qeia4p5W8HkWgn71NDmHrVklmnXPGPwGZH25fB6FJMNKQCWRr_ZdTXiOxxM0ZpZnqGJ47vAH1TTGd4GRpC7EHgCRNlNFMzWQLfcHk/s1600-h/IMG_9139.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284617533393553506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjId9Nl3GaFMVsgoBHckHbPiUTryA5-T6iiGRrnS3qeia4p5W8HkWgn71NDmHrVklmnXPGPwGZH25fB6FJMNKQCWRr_ZdTXiOxxM0ZpZnqGJ47vAH1TTGd4GRpC7EHgCRNlNFMzWQLfcHk/s320/IMG_9139.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYlykkLpN4L1mIG8uHzSeP1FilUrvi200S2RvodvWBuKF5Vu8JKIANSHgHWF1fAD0_O5FBFSSN5L_HvtA6lXtnL_Qu6PwiMX6oiNOrXiRHd_WYSJD7gxGCknoaWpvamjoEtMGovpAZ-g/s1600-h/IMG_1444.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284617525874924274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYlykkLpN4L1mIG8uHzSeP1FilUrvi200S2RvodvWBuKF5Vu8JKIANSHgHWF1fAD0_O5FBFSSN5L_HvtA6lXtnL_Qu6PwiMX6oiNOrXiRHd_WYSJD7gxGCknoaWpvamjoEtMGovpAZ-g/s320/IMG_1444.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Today Bird Boy and I did a CBC in West Seattle. It was drizzly and windy i.e. not so great for bird watching but we still saw some nice birds (wait, there is no such thing as a non-nice bird. I digress) including Fox Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Downy Woodpecker (male), Killdeer, Spotted Towhee, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets and lots of CROWS. I could watch crows all day. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>The snow is slowly melting and I was able to drive today. Now I must figure out finding a job for the spring, putting my birds up for the molt (not till March), getting a new computer, grad school and other wonderful things along those lines. Sometimes it's so much to think about that I ignore all of it. This morning I thought about all of it for a moment but decided that watching the golden and yellow striped bamboo blowing in the wind had much more to offer.</div></div>FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-48596508810297334192008-12-24T15:55:00.000-08:002008-12-24T16:02:13.884-08:00snow, Snow and SNOW<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKxbmW2ltLUiMRzrKjxBNE1hyphenhyphenCu5_l7abc9qAUa4Ft0ZIJ8yvJR9Bjceq16AqLd0bqcaeRENuDGfgfldi565kH-rod908g6yEVfSpd5iqi1fNWd1Luu6Un9WTlNKM41PZDRLt9n60crw/s1600-h/IMG_2806.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283511196949473490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKxbmW2ltLUiMRzrKjxBNE1hyphenhyphenCu5_l7abc9qAUa4Ft0ZIJ8yvJR9Bjceq16AqLd0bqcaeRENuDGfgfldi565kH-rod908g6yEVfSpd5iqi1fNWd1Luu6Un9WTlNKM41PZDRLt9n60crw/s320/IMG_2806.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I measured 17" of snow this morning in the front of our house. Tried to chase bunnies in this stuff a few days ago. Had some flushes but none in the bag. Now it has snowed so much that it is pretty much impossible to get the rabbits moving. The birds are restless, which makes me restless. But at least the snow is nice to look at and fun to play in. I still wish I was back in Texas. I saw a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">merlin</span> in the neighborhood yesterday and today there was a Hermit Thrush and Red-breasted Sapsucker. More snow in the forecast for tonight. Oh, joy.</div>FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-90278121720087747102008-12-10T15:32:00.000-08:002008-12-24T16:06:16.430-08:00Rainy days<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZfP36Hpaz-XIcq7jEWbp8jb6lw15j7aD_WvY6uJ9K2FS_vQKedpHJiE2qEU7lW3AlL0z5xrwDEfXcxAqZ-y_SZGVN27g0tyQRMlhXcp7Hdf-zgfEbStCgxil75KcPwsOVN042jMW-j8/s1600-h/PICT0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283512282208861490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZfP36Hpaz-XIcq7jEWbp8jb6lw15j7aD_WvY6uJ9K2FS_vQKedpHJiE2qEU7lW3AlL0z5xrwDEfXcxAqZ-y_SZGVN27g0tyQRMlhXcp7Hdf-zgfEbStCgxil75KcPwsOVN042jMW-j8/s320/PICT0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The birds and I made it back to Washington after a whirl-wind three weeks on the road. We had an awesome time, saw some amazing sights and best of all, caught a lot of game. One of my main reasons for traveling so far was to get more game under my birds and it paid off! Cricket caught four cottontails (and got a lot of good experiences) and Chase caught eight cottontails and a (@*%&@$*@#( JACKRABBIT! His first ever and he had it under control to boot. I met some great people and birds (and dogs!) and look forward to next year.<br />Now that I'm back in Washington it's hard to get excited about hunting the thick and thorny cover here, especially without anyone else to help! There were always a few people along to help beat brush at NAFA but now it's mostly solo hawking again. I wouldn't mind solo hawking (I'd prefer it in most cases) but with the rabbits so hard to get moving it's pretty frustrating.<br />We'll see what the next couple months of hawking bring. It's supposed to snow this weekend and I love hawking in the snow.</div>FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-86096135258764289002008-11-13T17:51:00.000-08:002008-11-13T20:47:28.000-08:00Ah, the Wild WestWe made it to Colorado Wednesday night after a fairly straight through drive. Except for the insane blowing snow on a pass in Wyoming. Met some really interesting (but nice) people in Ogden, Utah. Including an old lady who wanted to drink beer with us....? Some interesting species seen:<br />Ferruginous Hawk<br />Northern Harrier<br />Pinyon Jays<br />Rough-legged Hawk<br />Prairie Falcon<br />American Kestrel<br />Red-tailed Hawk (two Harlan's)<br />Golden Eagle<br />Pronghorn<br />Coyote<br />We are staying here in Boulder with our friends Pat and John (my dad went to high school with John). They have a German Shepherd, a cat and llamas. It's been very windy but today we went on a long bike ride through Boulder Open Space (wow, they use their natural areas way better than Seattle/WA State) and saw a very dark RT with a snake, prairie dogs, kestrels and some gadwalls. We're going to look for birds tomorrow. I hear there are ptarmigan and boreal owls in the mountains around Boulder but I doubt we'll make it up there. More later!FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944769196928111586.post-64646893483377125042008-11-07T12:42:00.000-08:002008-11-07T12:47:19.248-08:00I never thought I'd have a blog but here we are. I just put some photos of the team up. I'm about to leave for a three week trip to Colorado and Texas so I probably won't have time to update for a while. Stay tuned for what promises to be many interesting and insane adventures.FeralBirdGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233521547689503615noreply@blogger.com2