tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post4626629254380855071..comments2024-03-06T05:17:56.336-05:00Comments on Biking for Birds: Mar 19 (Day 78) - BUDGERIGAR, late-arriving special guest, thoughts on obsessionDorian Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770246226295859548noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-20891297605228887942014-03-20T17:15:03.921-04:002014-03-20T17:15:03.921-04:00Just got back from birding on my lunch break.... I...Just got back from birding on my lunch break.... I started birding 6 months ago, once I got married and caught onto my husband's fascination with birds. I have followed your blog for the past few weeks, ever since it was mentioned in one of the birding newsletters I get. I make sure not to miss any of your blogs! I could talk about birds all day and I don't meet many people who would enjoy that as well, so I love reading your stories. Your line: "the real rewards reaped from birding materialize without feathers" is beautiful!!! My husband and I live in the Inland Empire in California if you need a place to stay in that area! Let me know and I'll email you our contact info.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749641834425004939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-425640747548735602014-03-20T16:21:12.127-04:002014-03-20T16:21:12.127-04:00WOW!!!! Congratulations on your life Budgerigar an...WOW!!!! Congratulations on your life Budgerigar and what an awesome photo. The difference between research in a lab and chasing your life bird is that while outdoors you are reaping the rewards of the miracles of Mother Nature. I'm sure you are encountering the beautiful spring wildflowers along the way. If you really want to challenge your photography skills try taking some closeup photos of some of them. Especially if you can get a butterfly, bee or hummingbird in them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068721509961009110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-69683214449279220412014-03-20T15:01:16.013-04:002014-03-20T15:01:16.013-04:00Hi Dorian, awesome photo of the Budgie! Like almos...Hi Dorian, awesome photo of the Budgie! Like almost all other recent records, it's a male (note the bright azure cere), so hopefully he has a mate that is incubating or brooding. Time will tell; on 20 January 2013,during a random visit to Leslie's yard, I was surprised and pleased to photograph a juvenile male Budgie (the birds breed nearly year-round).<br /><br />As for the above,suggestion, the Florida Ivory-billed Woodpecker reports were not definitive and have not been accepted by anybody from outside the search group.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833150502602839138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-67044327711789954192014-03-20T00:09:20.269-04:002014-03-20T00:09:20.269-04:00Congratulations on your lifer Budgie! You've ...Congratulations on your lifer Budgie! You've got to love a photo where you can see each feather clearly. As you speak of vanishing species, obsession, and the thrill of the chase even against long odds, it begs the question: will you search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker? In a few days, you will pass by the Choctawhatchee River, where the team from Auburn University had several sightings and many recordings of (putative) Ivory-bills a few years ago. Since you are doing a big year, I think it is a moral imperative that you make an attempt to find the Holy Grail of American birding while you are in the neighborhood!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814043382014613072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-8565288962998070102014-03-19T23:41:32.858-04:002014-03-19T23:41:32.858-04:00Great post, Dorian, and congrats on the budgie! Th...Great post, Dorian, and congrats on the budgie! That's definitely an older bird (as you can tell by the fading lines on the crown). So awesome you saw him.<br />mo piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12320627370276331465noreply@blogger.com