Just a couple of reminders:
Wings of Paradise is this weekend! I've sent out an email -- if you didn't get it, please let me know so that I can send it to you. I included a map and the list of people who are coming. The program will be about Monarch butterfly migration, and it should be really interesting! And what a great time of year to be reminded, just a little bit, of what summer is like...
Also, if you haven't sent your photos to me yet, I'm looking forward to seeing them! I have a couple already and I'll be posting them here once I've added a small copyright note to them.
I hope everyone is enjoying the snow. I'm looking forward to getting out my skis this weekend. And my birdfeeder is full of all sorts of critters, including a Cooper's Hawk who thought maybe I was providing a buffet for him. Also, I've seen big flocks of Snow Buntings in fields along the road as I'm driving -- always a sure sign that winter's really here.
My next thing to post will be our sightings from the October meeting. Hopefully I can get to that tomorrow!
Random cool bird fact:
"Although breeding and nonbreeding males look quite different, the Snow Bunting has only one molt each year and no true "Alternate Plumage." After the molt in the late summer the male looks brownish with a brown and black striped back. Underneath the colored feather tips, the back feathers are pure black and the body feathers all are white. The male wears off all of the feather tips by actively rubbing them on snow, and he is immaculate white and jet black by the time breeding begins."
Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (2003). All about birds bird guide: Snow bunting. Retrieved November 18, 2008, from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Snow_Bunting_dtl.html
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