Slow birding week. No pasties, no scrapple, but we did get a great-horned owl. Last Sunday we went for an afternoon walk in the snow at Lake Lansing North. Just getting out a bit for some fresh air. Heard a bunch of crows, annoyed at something, so we tracked them down. They were making life miserable for a great-horned owl that we got pretty good looks at. I’m now at 80 and Lise at 79, after counting a couple of her species I forgot to put into the spreadsheet.
We’ve been chasing Bohemian waxwings to no avail. This is a banner year for them this far south but we just haven’t been seeing them. It’s not very classy birding; cruising through parking lots with berry filled landscaping bushes, but it’s a number. Each species is 0.4% of the total for the year.
Other than that, and hurting my back shoveling snow because I thought I was Clark Kent, not too much other excitement. Normally about now I would be posting pictures of Fido the wonder lizard. So instead of irritating harmless animals, I’ve decided to better myself and start learning PhotoShop. This is about as straightforward as string theory but here are some attempts at black and white.
Funland, Rehobeth DE.
Hotel, San Diego.
Palmetto, Florida
Sand River flowing into Lake Superior, Alger County, MI.
Shorebirds, Cape Henlopen, DE.
Sycamore, Madera Canyon, AZ.
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 