Chickadees etc

I guess I'll just complain that all that are left up here in the cold (frosted last night) northeast are BCCH, SCJU, various XXGU, SOSP, big flocks of XXBL, and EUSTs! Saw a Sharpie yesterday but she was probably the last one. I can't wait to follow her down to Florida, which I am doing Monday!!!! And I'll have the whole week to settle in before starting my internship the following Tuesday.

Next time I blog it'll be hot and muggy with mosquitoes buzzing around my head and tall birds wading past my window.

ps, The Office is awesome this season! Remember when Dwight......sorry, just kidding!

SEFI Blog

I'm on the Farallones now. I decided to start a blog. I'll be trying to post pictures and write a little.
http://markonarock.blogspot.com

Don't tell me about The Office, I'm missing it.

Whooper!

Last weekend, I got a chance to go out to the Haehnle Crane Sanctuary where the sandhills are staging for their migration, and saw the WHOOPING CRANE that's been hanging out with em! He's banded, and they've figured out that he's from the 2005 class of the Wisconsin reintroduction program that teaches the birds to migrate using ultralight aircraft. Apparently this particular guy collided with an ultralight and was injured, so he made part of his migration trip down to Florida in a crate - presumably why he ended up in the wrong state when he made the trip back up himself. Poor guy! Anyway, the whooper plus about 2000 sandhills was quite the spectacle.

Missing Palo

Hey guys at Palo. Be safe up there, I hear the fires are out of control down south.

Poison Oak Celebration

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/09/26/us/20070927_OAK_SLIDESHOW_index.html

who are these people? they should have a prize for "worst oak rash".

Also, if you click on "more slide shows", there's one about the recently reinvigorated controversy with the northern spotted owl and logging up in Oregon.

Wrentit Ahead in Polls

Well, if a Wrentit ran for president, he would probably win. And the world would be a better place...poison oak planted everywhere...instead of going to war we would just churr...no one would go further than three bushes in any direction...and everyone would just wear color bands.

And, jeez, who could those two SPOW voters be? I just don't know, whoooo could it be?

For some really cool owl and kid stories (and how the two species have been interacting), check out my other blog at http://palilabird.blogspot.com/

Wrentit is killing the best bird competition!

I wonder who voted for spotted owl... =P

Which Bird is Best?

Finally got the poll to work, (down a little on the right). So, cast your vote for which bear, uh, I mean which bird is best! They're tough choices, so think carefully.

It's a beautiful and blustery Indian Summer day here. I'm recovering from a nasty cold, and am trying not to get discouraged in the graduate school application wasteland.

WPWA Haiku

Palm Warblers I see
Two of them bobbing tails
At Palo today