http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13035 Kate St. John Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:01:10 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13035 Amazingly, I did not see a cardinal at all.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13034 Steve-o Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:59:28 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13034 Thanks, and were the cardinals more red out there? I’m going on a birding hike in the morning, I’ll let you know if I see anything interesting and get good photos.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13029 Kate St. John Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:51:42 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13029 Yes, in the desert west ravens are much more tolerant of people — perhaps because they know that we’re where the food is. I once watched some ravens beg for handouts at an overlook above Death Valley. (See http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/10/06/wise-guys/)
I’m not sure whether ravens in the Pacific northwest are human-tolerant. Perhaps a reader who lives there will tell us.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13028 Steve-o Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:22:08 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13028 Do ravens in the desert tolerate people better than the ones back east? I see birds all the time that at first I think are Ravens, but then I tell myself that they must be big crows because of where they are.
I’m going on a birding hike this weekend along the Rio Grande, I’ll be taking the camera along. I’m also going to rent a 500mm lens to see if I like it before buying it, but I won’t have it this weekend.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13027 denise Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:27:15 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13027 I love to bird vicariously.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13026 Nellie Curran Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:11:55 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13026 If any of you are a little tired of waiting for thr peregrins to hatch here is a web sight where you can watch eagles on there nest with 3 young chicks. http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles. Have fun

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13024 Steve B Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:13:55 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13024 Karen and I would designate the “bird of the trip”, one that characterized the overall experience. Sometimes this would be a bird we never saw. One such was the Botteri’s sparrow which we searched and searched for but could never see. “Botteri’s not included.”

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13023 Kitty Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:51:49 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13023 Thanks for this weeks blogging. With each blog I felt I was birdwatching in the Western United States too. Very informative and they were all my life birds.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/14/best-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-13022 Donna Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:01:34 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34033#comment-13022 Sounds like you had a wonderful time

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