John Lawton’s “Inn Search of Birds” recounts his discoveries from his eleven year survey of 711 British pubs in search of their respective names, or some other aspect of them, being associated with birds. Quite frankly, as an avid naturalist, an enthusiastic reader of British folklore, and an ardent believer in the importance pubs to their communities, I’m not sure whether to be emerald green with jealousy or kneeling in awe (much more likely the latter).
Having the Wingscapes BirdCam 2.0 continuously monitoring the comings and goings of our garden-visiting birds has allowed us to see many species we might have otherwise been unaware were stopping by our feeders.
Courtesy of Brian Crane’s Pickles.
There are times when the level of Nerdvana I have achieved startles even me. Take the other day for example. We received a letter from our cable provider, Comcast, informing us that sometime next month they are switching over to an all-digital signal. Because of this, we would be receiving a number of new HD […]