eBirdseed.com Meets Amazon's Kindle (ReadMeFirst for Kindle Users)
Looks like a bit of explanation is in order both to the regular readers of this blog, and to a bunch of new readers who will be accessing these posts via Amazon's new Kindle, (a wireless reading device that dynamically supports books, magazines, newspapers, and about 300 blogs). Where to begin?
Well, first for you old hands with this site, not much is going to change. It's still free for everyone using their home or work PC. We still discuss all things birds (especially the local-feeder ilk) and then some. If anything, the discussions will take on more of a "Sunday-morning, kitchen-table" feel. And we still offer our Flickr library site with over 1,600 photos no charge.
Now, as for you folks new to this blog (whether you're using a Kindle or not)... Ummm... This is me and us.
That out of the way, these posts are a horse of a different wheelbase... Obviously, we talk about backyard birding, and feeders, and suet, and seed, and all that stuff. But it doesn't quite end there. Nope... Not even close... Almost every entry is roughly 300 to 400 words long (give or take), holds at least one photo (typically of a bird), and then covers some pretty unusual stuff such as:
- "Questions for the Future", (a 2057 report from the moon concerning the ethics of genetically engineering extinct birds from scratch)
- Emily Dickinson poetry
- Strange contests
- Ornithology, (as in crow brains)
- References for Backyard Birders
- Fiction
- Cooking
- The existence of God Parts 1 and 2
- Kayaking
- The Universe
- Community service
- Readers' comments/questions are greatly desired. (You can use the "Comment" button or email me directly at: capecodalan@ebirdseed.com.) That being said, see bullet points below.
- Everything is rated "G".
- This ain't the place for mean spiritedness.
- We don't want to lose track of the backyard birds altogether. Once again, think of this blog as a kitchen-table chat on a Sunday morning and we're looking out at the feeders. Whole lot of family "mulling over" going on.
Let's see... What else? Guess we should touch on birds...
Noticed a strange behavior here on Cape Cod... A lot more activity from the Downey woodpeckers
(For those not familiar with this blog, the camera we used for this shot is the NovaBird.)
Couple the bird activities with spiders coming out of the woodwork, and we might just have an early spring!
See you by those syndicated feeders,
CapeCodAlan
P.S. Normally we talk a lot more about birds, but these are weird days...
Comments
It must be winter because we have a flock of drab looking purple finches eating our thistle seed. Oh my yes, it is winter here in
Northern MN. This is a good time to get caught up on your reading. I just read "The Big Year" by Mark Obmasick. It is an interesting read. I learned some about birds but a lot about EXTREAM bird watching. Peace.
{CCA replies...
Hi Calvin,
Winter in northern MN... Yup, that's winter alright!
Reviews on "The Big Year" look great on Amazon. (The Big Year is a birding competition in which contestants spend 365 days trying to document their own sightings of every bird species native to N. America... Extra points are given to those who find bird species where/when they ain't supposed to be.) May have to check that one out.
Anyway, still Winter here on Cape Cod too... Though the outpouring of spiders, the wife's cold, and the perkiness of the robins suggest that Spring ain't too far away!}
Posted by: Calvin Moe | February 4, 2008 3:05 PM