Al Batt: Consider personal birding preferences when choosing binoculars

 http://www.albertleatribune.com/2017/12/al-batt-consider-personal-birding-preferences-when-choosing-binoculars/

Please send warm thoughts. Merry Christmas.

Sending warm thoughts from here to there. Merry Christmas.

A blue jay’s uneven molt in September.

The 12 Days of Christmas.

 https://soundcloud.com/kmsu/albatt12192017

Pontificating on the radio.

 https://soundcloud.com/kmsu/al-batt-12-12-2017

I hope the children in Texas are moving faster than the snakes.

A sheepherder had died.

A sheepherder had died. His body was placed in a casket and shipped by train to relatives back east. Shep watched his deceased master depart in that box. The forever faithful sheep dog of Fort Benton, Montana, maintained a vigil of greeting four trains each day, hoping for his master’s return. 

Swan songs. Trumpeter swan songs.

Al Batt: 2018 designated ‘The Year of the Bird’ by National Geographic

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2017/12/al-batt-2018-designated-the-year-of-the-bird-by-national-geographic/ 

‘Tis the season to be jelly.

A potato chip eating squirrel.

At this time of year, I miss things like this.

Al Batt: Bird sighting segued to jail time for 1940s government official

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2017/12/bird-sighting-segued-to-jail-time-for-1940s-government-official/ 

I couldn’t remember what kind of tree it was. And then it hit me.

A molt left this blue jay with a bald-headed look.

Try to eat meals between snacks.

I’ve never heard an eastern screech owl screech.

A starling is a pretty bird.

From BWD