Despite the rain off and on all day I needed to be outside doing something. So I spent a few hours cleaning out the old nestboxes and searching in the basement for the new hangers I bought last fall.All of the old boxes were full of sticks from the house wrens. I found a cranky … Continue reading Hanging up the welcome mat→
Name 5 of your favorite books:1. Equinox: Life, Love and Birds of Prey by Dan O’Brien2. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery3. The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter4. Plainsong by Kent Haruf5. Trinity by Leon UrisName 5 of your favorite authors:1. Dan O’Brien2. Kent Haruf3. Hal Borland4. Barbara Kingsolver5. Sue HubbellName of … Continue reading More book stuff: a meme→
In case you haven’t noticed the link on my sidebar to whorled leaves I’ll call your attention to it now. I’ve recently become a contributor to the group, described as “an experiment in blogging book communities… inspired by a common love for the natural world.” I’m looking forward to participating more there once we start … Continue reading Of Wolves and Men→
I volunteer for a few hours once a month for NJ Audubon at the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory. I’m supposed to open the center, greet visitors and answer questions, sell books and optics, answer the phones, fill the bird feeders, and take out the trash. I forgot to take out the trash today and didn’t … Continue reading Windy day at the Hook→
**Begin rant** I’ve spent the last few hours playing around with my blogger template just so I could add “What I’m Reading” to the sidebar. You’d think it would be simple, even for someone like me who is clueless with code. But no, copying and pasting just isn’t enough. You actually need to know what … Continue reading I hate HTML code!→
I went to Barnes and Noble on my lunch hour today with the intention of buying a 2006 calendar for the kitchen. If I get my act together before the end of the year I’ll order one of the Men With Buns calendars for my desk at the office to help promote the idea of … Continue reading My growing TBR pile…→
This poem about a barn owl on the Birdchick Blog led me to explore our Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser, and this collection of his essays. I just started reading it yesterday, as my school workload is finally easing up, and have really enjoyed what I’ve read thus far. I will be sooo glad when the … Continue reading Local Wonders and this reader’s wish list for Xmas→
FROM THE CRITICSPublishers WeeklyO’Brien is the author of three novels (most recently, Brendan Prairie), a short-story collection and a popular nonfiction book, The Rites of Autumn. A resident of Rapid City, S.D., he is also an aficionado of falconry. Here, he explores his lifelong romance with birds of prey. For O’Brien, falcons are an ideal … Continue reading For falcon lovers→
Just me rambling about birds, books, bunnies, or whatever!