You are browsing the archives of 2006 October.

for a while. That he probably won’t be blogging as he travels the world is our loss. Safe travels, Pete!

The St. Louis Cardinals just captured their first World Series title in 24 years. Rock on, red birds!

brought to us by the steadfast and true Josh Rosenau at Thoughts from Kansas. Thanks, Josh!

Migration. Isn’t that what it’s all about? We’re all, by the standard definition of the word, migrating, moving from place to place, hither and yon. Atoms migrate within molecules. Teeth migrate within mouths (though we’d rather they didn’t). But of most importance, particularly to those of us attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, [...]

this week’s Tangled Bank? It appears to be missing, the poor thing, so if you find it, please contact its father.

Speaking of fallouts, we’re enjoying a virtual bumper crop of fall favorites. The woods in my part of New York are about as active as they get. Multitudes of American Robins are either staging or fattening up, depending on whether they’re migrants or residents…we have plenty of both. Blue Jays seem to be doing the [...]

I and the Bird #35 will be presented this Thursday (10/260 by Dan Rhoads of Migrations. Don’t be left out. Be sure to get your submissions to Dan (daniel-dot-rhoads AT gmail-dot-com) or me (mike AT 10000birds-dot-com) by Tuesday the 24th!

Follow these guidelines.

Yellow-rumped Warbler The term may strike fear in the hearts of those dreading a nuclear winter, but for bird watchers, it evokes all the adreniline-fueled excitement of a kid in a candy store. What exactly is a fallout? A fallout is, in the birding sense of the word, a mass of birds, exceptional in both [...]

So my beloved Mets aren’t going to take it all this year after all. As they say, there’s always next year. This time, they were undone by a team named for a bright red bird. The St. Louis Cardinals are a potent team to be sure. However, when it comes to the World Series, statistics [...]