Thu.Jan 09, 2014

article thumbnail

Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2014?

10,000 Birds

'Keep your eyes to the skies for rarities. If you’re in the right place at the right time, you may make birding history ! The inaugural week of a new year tends to generate more birding excitement than any other time until migration. After all, to a year lister, January’s first Mallard is infinitely more attractive than December’s last.

2014 166
article thumbnail

Fancy Feasts (For Fabulous Floors)

4 The Love Of Animals

'p>. I’d like to introduce you to one of my two most favorite males on the planet: This is Cyrus. And yes this is the first thing I see every single morning. A fluffy Maine Coon with no sense of boundaries. All up in my grill. Like my husband says: ‘He doesn’t even care.’ After he walks all over me and eliminates all hope of just a few more minutes of sleep, he trots off to his #1 hangout spot.

Kittens 187
article thumbnail

Call B for Birder or Waterfowling East Anglia

10,000 Birds

'A few winters ago, I went waterfowling in East Anglia. At local Internet forums, my friend Dr B. (sounds like some James Bond’s nemesis, doesn’t it?) discovered that the usual flock of several thousand Pink-footed Geese was wintering in the Broads National Park. Although a quite common bird of Norfolk, for me it was an attractive lure and a possibility of a lifer.

Geese 202