I've taken Nancy Reagan's advice to heart. I just say no.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Children, listen! It's National Blue Jay Awareness Month!
Some may tell you that you are obligated to celebrate. But really, we geese have virtually nothing to do with Blue Jays, so don't you worry your pretty little heads about it.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
We haven't decided yet, but whatever we do, you bet your bippy we'll do it together!
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Fish should fit the bill. I celebrate EVERYTHING with fish.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tracking a murderer
Every year during deer hunting season, I visit a couple of hunters up in their deer stands. One of them keeps sunflower seeds in his pocket just for me, and the other one brings me peanuts!! They're very nice human beings.
But some people carrying guns aren't so nice. Someone shot and killed the only female Whooping Crane to have successfully raised a chick to adulthood in Wisconsin in over a hundred years, while she was migrating with her mate through Indiana. Hunters and members of the NRA have been telling me for years that their organizations are opposed to anyone using guns illegally--that guns don't kill Whooping Cranes, people kill them. So please, guys, please help us find the killer and help us prosecute him. Provide money to give a big reward for information leading to his conviction, and testify in court about how terribly wrong it is for anyone to aim a gun at anything before they know what it is. Show that you support throwing the book at the people who give hunting a bad name. Please. Operation Migration and the Eastern Whooping Crane Partnership are operating on a tiny fraction of what the powerful hunting and gun organizations have. Please help us.
But some people carrying guns aren't so nice. Someone shot and killed the only female Whooping Crane to have successfully raised a chick to adulthood in Wisconsin in over a hundred years, while she was migrating with her mate through Indiana. Hunters and members of the NRA have been telling me for years that their organizations are opposed to anyone using guns illegally--that guns don't kill Whooping Cranes, people kill them. So please, guys, please help us find the killer and help us prosecute him. Provide money to give a big reward for information leading to his conviction, and testify in court about how terribly wrong it is for anyone to aim a gun at anything before they know what it is. Show that you support throwing the book at the people who give hunting a bad name. Please. Operation Migration and the Eastern Whooping Crane Partnership are operating on a tiny fraction of what the powerful hunting and gun organizations have. Please help us.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Hoping against hope that they don't notice me sitting here.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Ignoring them--they never come close enough for a good bite. I prefer to celebrate moorhens, ducks, coots, and all those other yummy and cooperative morsels.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Shhhhh! I've told all my buddies that we're celebrating National Every-Bird-with-a-Crest Awareness Month.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Hooray for the American Bird Conservancy
They won their lawsuit to halt a profoundly misguided program releasing feral cats in Los Angeles! Read all about it!
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
As the Most Adorable Bird in the Universe who's trying my darnedest to win Miss (and Mr.) Congeniality as well, I'm trying not to judge Blue Jays. I know them by reputation only, but some of my warbler and vireo friends (very reliable and not prone to exaggeration) passing through Cuba have told me horror stories!!! Maybe in the case of Blue Jays we need to focus on their outer rather than inner beauty?
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
I'm following their every movement. You never know when they're going to cache some peanuts!
Monday, December 7, 2009
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
A Blue Jay killed and carried off my nestlings last year. Celebrate????? WTF???
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Let me see. I think I'm going to ponder the differences between Dr. John Le Conte (1818-1891), a physician turned physics professor who was a Major for the Confederacy working at a gunpowder factory during the Civil War; and his cousin, Dr. John Lawrence Le Conte (1825-1883), who was independently wealthy so although he was an M.D., he never practiced medicine but did once serve as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. I'm named for the former; the thrasher is named for the latter. I know this has nothing to do with Blue Jays, but neither do I.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Blue moon? Ahem--I care to differ--my own is white. And as far as Blue Jays go, mooning them is the right approach, I think.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
I'll add several new Blue Jay vocalizations to my repertoire.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Hoping a lot of people are like this nice young man, recognizing that we, too, are blue jays.
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
I think I'll have some fish. Raw, please.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
I shall glide, swanlike, through the water, thinking beautiful thoughts and wondering, because during this and every other month the moon is white, why this isn't the National Trumpeter Swan Awareness Millennium?
Saturday, December 5, 2009
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Some of my relatives who have been kidnapped from the wild and transported to North America say Blue Jays are noisy and raucous, but we macaws have them beat on that count. I'm just glad I live in a place where I never have to see them.
Friday, December 4, 2009
How are you celebrating National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
I think I'll go seek out a rare bird to celebrate. Oh, wait--all I need to do is look in a mirror!
App for birders, or for birds?
I know that the new BirdsEye app was designed by humans, but really, it's so useful that pretty soon every owl I know is going to have one. Finally we can keep track of Gray Jays coming in to steal our caches, of ravens that want to mob us, and of delicious little dickeybirds! I mean, what other app provides both home security and grocery shopping help all in one?? Check it out! http://itunes.com/app/birdseye
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