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.
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.
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Good combination. Birdwatching and figur out life. You will get an answer in time. Mentally I'm about your age and I just do things I like. But, then again I have to work to be able to do so. It's a contradiction I know.
Good pictures of birds. Where do you usully band birds? Is it a observatory or do you have a permit of your own?
(I like these crazy wordverification "words" that one have to type in. Stesl! )
Yep, it's hard to find the right balance but I'll get there eventually. As long as you're having fun it can't be too bad, right?!
I have banded birds in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Mexico and Costa Rica. Some were through ornithology field classes, some were observatories or non-profit studies. Also some projects through school. I've banded lots of raptors (a few owls, too) and songbirds. A few strange ones in Costa Rica like ant birds and manakins. I can't get enough of it! You are in Sweden, right? Are you part of a study or school or?? It's great to talk to other banders/ringers but especially in other countries!
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