Day Five at the Space Coast Birding Festival

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We had another great day at the Space Coast Birding Festival which ends tomorrow, Jan 26th. We are home now, but they continue on without us. Met up with Dawn and Jeff several times again today. She does Dawn’s Bloggy Blog. Then off to some more workshops. First off was Reinier Munguia’s, “Bird ID for … Continue reading →

Day Four at the Space Coast Birding Festival

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Today was another interesting day at the Birding Festival. I started the day off with Reinier Munguia’s (of Wildstock Photos) seminar on the “Life of Birds.” He did a very good job even though he still isn’t feeling all that well yet. He made it entertaining as well as informative. Then, I attended the two … Continue reading →

Day Three at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

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Off we went again to the festival in 28 degree weather. Sure be glad when this cold front departs. Today’s seminars and workshops were very good. First, Dan and I attended “Bird Photography” by Joel Rosenthal, who gave a very good presentation on some ins and outs of photographing birds. Later, it was “Wading Birds” … Continue reading →

Day Two at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

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We are enjoying our time here at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. We left home yesterday (48 degrees) and drove the 90 miles and saw 23 species of birds on the way over including: 11 Wild Turkeys, American Kestrel, and 5 Robins. After arriving we spent 2 1/2 hours driving … Continue reading →

Bird Watcher Passes Goal – from The Ledger

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The following is an article in today’s The Ledger, our local newspaper: (the bold type is mine) THE NATURE OF THINGS Bird Watcher Hits Goal, Finding 216 Species in Polk By Tom Palmer, Published: Monday, January 12, 2009 at 9:50 p.m. Roy Morris‘ quest to see how many species of birds a person could find … Continue reading →

Interesting Things – Dragonflies

Interesting Things – Dragonflies

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Here is an interesting video fromYouTube.com -Exploration Films about the Dragonflies. It is very interesting. Learning from the Dragonfly by Creation Moments “Scientists studying the dragonfly are learning even more secrets of flight. Our best high-performance aircraft can barely lift themselves off the ground. However, the dragonfly can lift 15 times his own weight into … Continue reading →