A CONE Welder Reader
The CONE Welder birdcam isn’t live yet, but it’s never to soon to start obsessing, right? Here are some interesting items I’ve come across lately: Birds’ patterns changing in face of global warming –...
View ArticleGreat Hummingbird Shots
I was really blown away when I saw the quality of the hummingbird shots people were getting today. Especially when the feeders are moving around in the wind, it can be really challenging to get a...
View ArticleMatching Bracelets
I got a couple of good shots of two different Green Jays this morning, showing their leg bands. Both jays have a silver band on the left leg. One of them has a black band on the right leg, while the...
View ArticleJohn Rappole Speaks!
John Rappole, the scientist whose work on shifting bird breeding ranges forms the basis for the scientific goals of the CONE Welder installation, sent a few comments to an email thread with Ken...
View ArticleWhite-tipped Dove?
So far we’ve definitely seen Inca Doves in the game, and a few Mourning Doves. These shots from yesterday around 10:50 a.m. show what I’m thinking might a third species: the White-tipped Dove. These...
View ArticleGreat Kiskadee!
I think of the Great Kiskadee as something of a “grail bird” for the CONE Welder installation; I stared at pictures of it a lot while waiting for the camera to go live. I confess I’d started to think...
View Article7/11 Mystery Bird #2
Here are some shots from today of what looks like a new bird for the game, at least if we can figure out what it is. These four shots were all by txbird; either no one else was on the system at the...
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