Category Archives: Background

Flickr Photos: Updated (new url’s)

Background, Year 9

I have become increasingly dissatisfied with Instagram as a photo sharing platform. The company’s announced policy is to push videos to the exclusion of photographs. Somehow seeing five second videos of precocious young women in love with themselves does nothing for me. Instagram now heavily forces this kind of content into one’s feed. Instagram is owned by Facebook.

While I have not yet deleted my Instagram account, I have reengaged with Flickr … the original photo sharing site. You may now enjoy and view some of my better images via Flickr … no Flickr account, advertisements or precocious women viewing required. Here are my newly created albums (more to come!).

It is also possible to “follow me” on Flickr. Here is the URL to my account. Go to my Flickr photostream or profile , click on the + follow button next to my name in the cover photo at the top.

400 Bird Species for 365 Days of Birds!

Background, Year 9

As I noted in today’s other post, it’s ugly outside (37F, heavy rain and sleet plus a thunderstorm. This weather does NOT encourage anyone to go birding. In short it is an excellent morning for doing stuff on my computer. One of my tasks was to update my photography index of species for this blog / website. While I am not a “list keeper” and do not submit many lists to eBird, and do not maintain a life’s list of sightings, I do know the number of bird species that I have taken a photograph and then posted it here.

This morning the number of bird species hit 400! While I had not kept track down in Tucson, once back up north I discovered I had achieved that epic number. Here are the three birds which put my number of species at 400. It was actually the “lowly house sparrow” which actually gave me number 400. I did not realize I had never taken the time to photograph this kind of sparrow … making me not a very good numbers guy / list enhancer!

Cinnamon Teal: 398

Green-Tailed Towhee: 399

House Sparrow: 400!

The Owl Next Door! (A Talk by Me!)

Background, Year 9

Does everyone have spring fever? This winter has been cold and long. Thus, what could be better than to escape to a small organic farm a bit north of the Twin Cities on Saturday … enjoy homemade hard cider while I speak about the Amity Owls! Assuming the weather permits, you would also be able to walk around the farm and visit the maple syrup operation in progress. The talk will be in Sapsucker Farms modern cider barn with plenty of warm space. Although you are welcome to bring your own food, the farm will have a food truck present serving “Fireman’s BBQ”! This is a great family friendly event. My talk is just part of Sapsucker Farm’s Spring Day! Learn more.

  • Sapsucker Farm’s Spring Day: Saturday, March 26th
  • Time: 12:00 to 8:00 pm
  • The Owl Next Door Talk (me): 2:00 pm
  • Learn more via Sapsucker Farm’s web site.
  • Cost: Free!
  • Address: 2752 215th Avenue, Mora, MN 55051
  • Google Maps Link
  • Download a free PDF copy of my book, Do You Hoot?