A couple of weeks ago, Andrea Williams from the Midwestern State University called me to set up a display for Women's History Month about my birding hobby. She must have been desperate.
Anyway, I have a lot of bird stuff, but people like pictures, so I called Terry McKee, a very good photographer who has lots of pictures of birds. Terry took some items to the library and Andrea tranferred some information I sent her into a more visually appealing format and the two set up the display. I am feeling guilty, but between the two, they did a better job than I would have done.
If the display gets anyone else interested in birding, then it will be a good thing.
Good birding!
Showing posts with label Midwestern State University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midwestern State University. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tricky Warbler
Fall warblers are notoriously difficult. Of course, it doesn't help that the little birds are in constant motion.
I was walking across the Midwestern State University campus when I saw a far off flash of orange-brown. Thinking there might be an oriole, I headed toward the bird. It wasn't an oriole--too small. Instead it was a warbler. You would think being more orange than yellow would simplify things. It might once I have a chance to sit down with my books, but not immediately--color is rarely definitive.
The little guy was flitting from branch to branch, gleaning the foliage and ducking behind every leaf he could find. He was well up in the tree, so my neck was cranked back in an unnatural position, and my binoculars were in the truck (after all, I was supposed to be at work, not watching birds--darn it!) I got a couple of reasonable, 5-second looks before he flew off, but was unable to make a certain ID.
So what's the point of posting if I don't know what I saw? Well, the point of the study of birds is to learn, not to know. If we knew all there was to know, then it wouldn't be fun any more (but it would be a whole lot less frustrating, I am sure!)
If I figure out what I was seeing, I will post a follow up later.
I was walking across the Midwestern State University campus when I saw a far off flash of orange-brown. Thinking there might be an oriole, I headed toward the bird. It wasn't an oriole--too small. Instead it was a warbler. You would think being more orange than yellow would simplify things. It might once I have a chance to sit down with my books, but not immediately--color is rarely definitive.
The little guy was flitting from branch to branch, gleaning the foliage and ducking behind every leaf he could find. He was well up in the tree, so my neck was cranked back in an unnatural position, and my binoculars were in the truck (after all, I was supposed to be at work, not watching birds--darn it!) I got a couple of reasonable, 5-second looks before he flew off, but was unable to make a certain ID.
So what's the point of posting if I don't know what I saw? Well, the point of the study of birds is to learn, not to know. If we knew all there was to know, then it wouldn't be fun any more (but it would be a whole lot less frustrating, I am sure!)
If I figure out what I was seeing, I will post a follow up later.
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