I wonder how long they will work

I've been seeing a bunch of dog cut outs and stakes with white fabric attached to deter the Canada Geese. usually this is in an open field or near a body of water. I know I have tried the plastic owls and plastic cats to deter other birds from eating strawberries and blueberries and both of those failed. I've seen geese close to the cut outs but not right around them. Seems like they will be like everything else...they will be figured out after a short period of time. Guess time will tell. maybe the next thing with be dogs with moving heads...

On a side note...the Great Horned Owls that live in the woods near me have been hooting up a storm. The other birds are getting ready for their mating/nesting season as the owls are ending theirs. I am hoping the red-tails and the other raptor that I never got to identify return (thinking Cooper's but I only saw it for a moment flying toward the sun)

almost the time of year again

Toad under leaf
Originally uploaded by naturegirl 78

I can't wait for spring to arrive. Soon I'll be hearing the first frogs of the season. The Red-Winged Blackbirds have returned. I am ready for warmer weather so I can spend even more time out in the woods.

Awesome electric car

This is something I would love to see more of. This is an electric car that can feed the grid!!

Check out the video here. If I can find the full video that explains it a little more I will put it up.

something that drives me crazy

I wonder if this bothers anyone else....when songs have sirens or horns in them. I was driving home today after work. I just got a new car so I am still waiting for my new insurance and registration cards to arrive so I am being rather cautious to begin with. There are a few places on my route that I frequently see police cars. Today one just happened to end up behind me for awhile. I had the radio on and then I hear a siren. My first thought is (insert favorite expletive here)! Then I look in my mirror and see the police car doesn't have it's lights on and then I realize it was just the song on the radio. I don't understand why they have to have sirens in songs..sure it gets your attention but it's not a good type of attention. Same thing with the car horn sounds. Anyways...i really just wanted to see if anyone else gets bugged by that or if it is just me.

Bird counting

Today I was counting birds again for the Great Backyard Bird Count. I took the ecology club out that I run to count the birds...we ended up finding some deer bones. Bones are more interesting than birds.



sadly I didn't get any pictures of birds today...I will be taking my camera out there with me tomorrow and Monday and hopefully I find something cool.

all work and no play makes me something...

I have been so busy lately. I've created a new website for an ecology club I run. I bought a new car (hurray for payment plans). I'm about to start (fingers crossed) part-time job number four. It came the day I got the car...how nice is that. I haven't really had time to do much of anything but work and a little bit of sleep (yeah meals in there too). This is a four day weekend where I am running an event to take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count. Busy is a good thing!

I think it is time for me to sit back for a little before we get into the weekend...I'm going to watch the director's cut of Amadeus :)