[Have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY]

Have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY~ Mirta~ 

PUSLINCH — Hundreds of birders have been sighted with binoculars since New Year’s Day in Puslinch trying to catch a sighting of the Mountain Bluebird — rare in Wellington County and eastern Canada.

http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/653765--birders-flock-to-rare-sighting-of-mountain-bluebird

[A Canada goose has survived after being found with a 15in (38cm) crossbow bolt in its body in the Black Country.]

A Canada goose has survived after being found with a 15in (38cm) crossbow bolt in its body in the Black Country. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-16528572

Beauty on Mercury again
(movie) Left, came back and took off

(movie) Back again

Smile all you want Ei, I would too! What an awesome experience!! 

http://www.nemesisbird.com/snowy-owls-2011-12/

http://www.nemesisbird.com/2012/01/common-chaffinch-and-snowy-owl-new-jersey/ Common Chaffinch & Snowy. New Jersey

http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2012/01/di_ionno_mild_winter_weather_b.html

[“No question there were more species than usual,� said naturalist and author Joel Greenberg, the Chicago lakefront compiler for the Christmas Bird Count.]

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=198211

“No question there were more species than usual,� said naturalist and author Joel Greenberg, the Chicago lakefront compiler for the Christmas Bird Count.

Beauty on Mercury, in the snow!


Beauty left right after this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bFmwp-p1Sc#

These are so cute, sent to me by NYCbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhJBlf8xXY#

The mustache looks right! 

Pretty darn close MAK! So even if it was a female, Quest was not to phased by her.

Wow, imagine that Ei. Here's the juvie at the nest the other day. I'm trying to compare markings.

[Any Chili cookers out there in Rochester??]

http://www.cityofrochester.gov/chili/


Once again the annual Lakeside Winter Festival at Ontario Beach Park and the Port of Rochester will feature the Chilly Chili Challenge.

Chili makers from all around the region cook up their special chili concoctions to feed to festival goers and vie for the coveted Best Chili in Rochester title.

To enter the contest:

See instructions and information and then submit your entry form electronically, or:

Download for printing the instructions/information and entry form.

If submitting the paper entry form, mail or deliver to:

Pamela Bialaszewski
City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation
400 Dewey Avenue
Rochester, NY 14613

Or fax to 585-428-6021.

Questions? Call 585-428-6755.

Any Chili cookers out there in Rochester??

If we lived there, Ed would enter.... 

BIGFRANK, you just keep up the good work and pass along your knowledge!! Thanks!

Snow flakes are falling
one snow flake might be bird poop
don't stick out your tongue

Love this!!!