http://djringer.com/birding/2006/03/19/backyard-birds-in-png/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://djringer.com/birding/2006/03/19/backyard-birds-in-png/#comment-1095 Search and Serendipity: A Birder’s Blog » Birding meme Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:27:16 +0000 http://djringer.com/birding/?p=150#comment-1095 [...] What is the coolest bird you have seen from your home? My first difficulty here is defining the word home. Even if I could work that out, which isn’t likely, my perennial inability to choose a favorite anything presents another problem. I lived in a house in Papua New Guinea for several months, and from the deck, I could watch Great Woodswallows and Rainbow Bee-eaters and Yellow-breasted Bowerbirds to name a few. Pretty cool, yes? I have seen Bay-breasted and Blackburnian warblers, Rusty Blackbirds, and Wood Ducks at my parents’ home in Missouri. One day there was a Monk Parakeet outside the apartment where I’m living now. [...] [...] What is the coolest bird you have seen from your home? My first difficulty here is defining the word home. Even if I could work that out, which isn’t likely, my perennial inability to choose a favorite anything presents another problem. I lived in a house in Papua New Guinea for several months, and from the deck, I could watch Great Woodswallows and Rainbow Bee-eaters and Yellow-breasted Bowerbirds to name a few. Pretty cool, yes? I have seen Bay-breasted and Blackburnian warblers, Rusty Blackbirds, and Wood Ducks at my parents’ home in Missouri. One day there was a Monk Parakeet outside the apartment where I’m living now. [...]

]]> http://djringer.com/birding/2006/03/19/backyard-birds-in-png/#comment-1094 Search and Serendipity: A Birder’s Blog » PNG bird songs, part two Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:53:27 +0000 http://djringer.com/birding/?p=150#comment-1094 [...] DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS — Nearly eleven months ago (how is it possible?) I wrote a post called Backyard birds in PNG. Not only did I see many of those birds daily in the Aiyura Valley, I also became acquainted with their songs and calls. Shortly before I left last October, I turned on the recorder to capture a few of their voices. [...] [...] DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS — Nearly eleven months ago (how is it possible?) I wrote a post called Backyard birds in PNG. Not only did I see many of those birds daily in the Aiyura Valley, I also became acquainted with their songs and calls. Shortly before I left last October, I turned on the recorder to capture a few of their voices. [...]

]]> http://djringer.com/birding/2006/03/19/backyard-birds-in-png/#comment-1093 Search and Serendipity: A Birder’s Blog » Colors I hadn’t seen before Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:20:25 +0000 http://djringer.com/birding/?p=150#comment-1093 [...] I’ve also been pleased to observe several Black-headed Whistlers lately. I’d seen only one female before. By virtue of increased exposure to the species, I’ve begun to learn their whistled song, which apparently I had not bothered to distinguish from the Gray Shrike-Thrush in the past. [...] [...] I’ve also been pleased to observe several Black-headed Whistlers lately. I’d seen only one female before. By virtue of increased exposure to the species, I’ve begun to learn their whistled song, which apparently I had not bothered to distinguish from the Gray Shrike-Thrush in the past. [...]

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