In a 2014 article in The Smithsonian Magazine, Rachel Neuwer asks why there is a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo in a Renaissance image of the Virgin and child, Madonna della Vittoria. Rebecca Mead examines the image by Andrea Mantegna, painted in 1496. You can see the painting of the Madonna and child with saints in theContinue reading “White-Bellied Sea Eagles and the birds that visit their nest”
A surprise visit to see the Ks
I was not expecting to see a notification that Ferris Akel was on the Cornell University Campus in Ithaca this evening. What a wonderful surprise! The reason that everyone wants to see Big Red and her family is not to see spectacular things but, really, it is just to know that each and every oneContinue reading “A surprise visit to see the Ks”
What is gorgeous in Ospreyland?
This entire day has been ‘weird’. It started with only four hours sleep after checking on Tiny Tot’s nest all night. I have no idea what I was thinking. Tiny wouldn’t have flown from wherever she was just to be bounced about, would she? And then there was the intruder on the nest. This intruderContinue reading “What is gorgeous in Ospreyland?”
A hurricane, two nests, and falcons
Elsa was a category 1 hurricane when she bore down on the Southwest Florida coast last evening. The two chicks on the Sarasota Bay Osprey Nest had their talons anchored, riding out the gusts and the rain. This was the pair of them at 23:08 Tuesday, 6 July. Whew! No chicks blown off the nestContinue reading “A hurricane, two nests, and falcons”
A quick look at Osprey chicks in care — and is it really goodbye, Tiny?
You may have heard that osprey chicks do not do well if they are taken from the nest and placed into care. But is this true? Last year, anyone watching the Port Lincoln Osprey Nest knew that Little Tapps was not going to survive. Solly was too big and too aggressive and when the middleContinue reading “A quick look at Osprey chicks in care — and is it really goodbye, Tiny?”
Monday Nest Hopping – to keep my mind off Elsa
There were some lovely letters in my inbox today – articles and quesions – to keep me busy and to try and curtail me from checking on Tropical Storm Elsa every half hour. My friend Wicky – lover of books and hawks as long as they leave her songbirds alone – pointed my noise toContinue reading “Monday Nest Hopping – to keep my mind off Elsa”
Late Sunday and early Monday in Bird World
It is raining this morning. The three juvenile Ospreys at the Foulshaw Moss Nest are drenched this morning. Blue 35 left a piece of fish on the nest. Wonder if she is watching for self-feeding action? And will she make certain that Little Tiny Bob is fed? This amazing and uplifting story of how anContinue reading “Late Sunday and early Monday in Bird World”
Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, rising water temperatures all impact our beloved birds
Is there anyone who is not aware of extreme heat that is in the Pacific Northwest? or the fact that the rivers and creeks are drying up? and the temperature of the water is getting hotter? The Montana Osprey Project has just posted the following: “In order to reduce the stress and disturbance on theseContinue reading “Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, rising water temperatures all impact our beloved birds”
Continuing to Track Elsa -and other news in Bird World, Sunday 4 July
Everyone that watches the Achieva Osprey Nest in St Petersburg, Florida is following the tracking of Tropical Storm Elsa. The latest weather news is that Elsa will remain a Tropical Storm bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms and tornadoes, and some wind to Florida. The current tracking has Elsa interacting with Jamaica and that is slowing herContinue reading “Continuing to Track Elsa -and other news in Bird World, Sunday 4 July”
Saturday Evening with the Ks and a Door Dash for Tiny
I cannot tell you how delighted I am that Ferris Akel has been taking his tour to the campus of Cornell University. Ferris has a gift for finding the fledglings and an attitude of pure innocence and joy as he watches them with us. This evening K1 and K3 could not have been any cuter.Continue reading “Saturday Evening with the Ks and a Door Dash for Tiny”