Archive for December 2006

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Look Back in Anguish: My Switch to a True Blogging Platform

By Mike December 20, 2006 31 comments

10,000 Birds was started back in 2003, way before anyone dreamed of splogs, carnivals, or problogging. However, even then, many of the conventions of the blog format were already in place. Because I had already experimented a bit with Microsoft FrontPage, I chose that old shoe, rather than any of the dedicated programs, as the [...]

It May Not Be Too Late

By Mike December 19, 2006 No comments yet

to get your loved ones I BRAKE FOR BIRDS bumper stickers for the holidays. They make superb stocking stuffers!

Selasphorus Sightings

By Mike December 19, 2006 2 comments

The part of the NYC Metro area that I feel most at home in, basically western portions of the Bronx and most of Westchester County, has been awash with exciting rarities in the last month. Around Thanksgiving, a Hammond’s Flycatcher got really, really lost and wound up in the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. At the [...]

The Tanqua Karoo in December

By Charlie December 19, 2006 No comments yet

The Tanqua Karoo: Karooport and the R355 towards Calvinia (South Africa)
19 December 2006
 

 
I’m back at work after what seems like both a long time off AND nowhere near long enough (Jo and I adopted a little girl from China in November, and this is my first trip back to work). It’s been absolutely great being [...]

So I’m TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year

By Mike December 18, 2006 No comments yet

I knew that would happen eventually. Actually, if you create content for the web, you’re the Person of the Year too. Interesting…

True Blue

By Mike December 16, 2006 No comments yet

President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor recognizing achievement in public service, science, the arts, education, athletics and other fields, to noted blues man B.B. King. Living with the blues for as long as B.B. King has truly is a heroic act!

I and the Bird #38

By Mike December 14, 2006 No comments yet

The newest edition of I and the Bird has me feeling fairly sentimental. Blame it on Duncan, the estimable host of this superb installment. I’ve been after the proprietor of Ben Cruachan Blog to host IATB for some time now, since the very beginning, in fact. Duncan was a part of the very first I [...]

Nearer To Spring

By Mike December 13, 2006 2 comments

Let us draw inspiration this month from American author, Oliver Herford (1863-1935). Herford is also known for such wry epigrams as “Many are called but few get up,” and “Only the young die good,” but his most sincere and touching contribution was surely this poem, I Heard a Bird Sing:
I heard a bird sing
In the [...]

Snow Buntings by the Shore

By Mike December 12, 2006 3 comments

In my last post, I waxed sentimental about my 300th, not to mention 301st, addition to my 2006 year list. And yet, I failed to regale you with the gripping tale of year bird #299…
To avoid keeping you in cruel suspense any longer, I’ll reveal that the species in question was Snow Bunting, new not [...]

IATB #38 Deadline

By Mike December 12, 2006 No comments yet

The esteemed host of the 38th edition of I and the Bird is too busy fighting wildfires to hunt down your best post on birding or wild birds, so make his life a bit easier, won’t you? Send your link and summary to me or Duncan (djfraser AT bencruachan-dot-org) of Ben Cruachan Blog by December [...]