NF??

Ahhhhh! Niagara Falls, right??

NF??

And we laugh ALOT! We were having a great time following the Red-tailed hawks from one telephone pole to the next. We'd spot one, pull over get our cameras up and they'd take off either flying across a field to a tree or down to another pole. It was great fun! We had to have seen more than a dozen RTHs. 

 

Do you have a bumper sticker saying:

"Crazy Ladies Birdwatching. Sudden Stops!"

Alllll RIGHT!!!

And we laugh ALOT! We were having a great time following the Red-tailed hawks from one telephone pole to the next. We'd spot one, pull over get our cameras up and they'd take off either flying across a field to a tree or down to another pole. It was great fun! We had to have seen more than a dozen RTHs. 

 

Do you have a bumper sticker saying:

"Crazy Ladies Birdwatching. Sudden Stops!"

Can anyone see the sense of this??

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/endangered-bird-is-also-hunted.html

Awwww, man! A Belted Kingfisher!!!

I often wonder why some people don't use their head for more than a hat rack! 

And the hat rack usually has more sense.

I know I preach to the converted here, but this is worth sharing.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/9-human-activities-that-threaten-birds.html

I just do not know!

http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Publications/eWings/eWingsIssue23August2011/BuzzardsfoundpoisonednearRoscrea/tabid/1194/Default.aspx

(via BirdWatch Ireland. Do join them on FB.)

Very nice Bobbie and some are banded too. Wow, that one had a pretty big fish in his mouth. 

I once banded one of these darlings myself - Supervised, of course. What a moment.

Isn't it amazing how they flip the fish around so it goes down head-first?

How this person got the pix is beyond me, as these fellows seldom stay put and go by like a flash of blue lightning. I love them! You hear this little "whirrrr" sound coming along and the next thing, it has shot past you. And maybe this is why I love the Belted Kingfisher so much - always try to find one when I am home.

 

(I think this is a kingfisher pic...)

One of the delights of birding in Ireland is catching a glimpse of one of these tiny sapphire gems.

http://www.fotoportmann.com/birdblog/2011/08/24/eurasian-kingfisher/

(via 10,000 Birds)

GATORS??! Whoooooaaaaaa!!!

 

Yup, in her backyard pond. Mom always liked the gators. They would come up on her lawn to sun and sleep for a few hours.

Quite a girl, your mom!!

GATORS??! Whoooooaaaaaa!!!

 

[CHIRPY BIRD-DAY, ALBION!!!Let's be hearing from you!!]

CHIRPY BIRD-DAY, ALBION!!!

Let's be hearing from you!!