The Nemesis Bird » non-bird http://www.nemesisbird.com birding in s.e. Pennsylvania Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:24:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Snowstorm http://www.nemesisbird.com/2009/02/the-snowstorm/ http://www.nemesisbird.com/2009/02/the-snowstorm/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:25:09 +0000 Drew http://www.nemesisbird.com/?p=592 Last night the forecast was calling for a dusting to 2″ of snow. Around 9 pm the snow really started falling and was already 4 inches deep when we went to bed at 11pm. We expected that to be it, but it continued on and we ended up with 10″+ of snow, our first good snowfall of the year. Here’s what our backyard looked like. Throughout the day there were about 40 Pine Siskins coming in to feed, the most I’ve seen here.


snowstorm

The Millersville forecaster made this image to show where the snow event took place. Amazingly it was an incredibly narrow area that ranged from 1″-12″. The yellow region is what received a 1″ snowfall with pockets of 6″ and 12″ snow. 

 

Meso-snowfall

image from snowball.millersville.edu/~cws/SpecialWeatherDiscussion.html

]]> http://www.nemesisbird.com/2009/02/the-snowstorm/feed/ 2 Battle at Kruger http://www.nemesisbird.com/2007/10/battle-at-kruger/ http://www.nemesisbird.com/2007/10/battle-at-kruger/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:10:00 +0000 Drew http://drewweber.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/battle-at-kruger/

You have to check this video out. At 8 minutes its a bit long for the typical internet browsing attention span but its well worth it. Enjoy!

]]> http://www.nemesisbird.com/2007/10/battle-at-kruger/feed/ 1 The Thrill of the Trill: Capturing an Insect Symphony http://www.nemesisbird.com/2007/06/the-thrill-of-the-trill-capturing-an-insect-symphony/ http://www.nemesisbird.com/2007/06/the-thrill-of-the-trill-capturing-an-insect-symphony/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:20:00 +0000 Drew http://drewweber.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/the-thrill-of-the-trill-capturing-an-insect-symphony/ In the mornings, as I am zipping from point count to point count, I generally have the radio tuned to National Public Radio if I can get reception. A few days ago I was pleasantly surprised when I turned on the radio and out of the speakers buzzed the loud drone of the 17-year Cicada. Because I had just received the The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger from Amy over at WildBird on the Fly, I immediately recognized the sound and got very excited about hearing the interview. Unfortunately it was almost over and I didn’t have enough time between the point counts to listen to the rest, so I looked it up on NPR and found the page. It’s a great interview and I would recommend listening to it.

I would also recommend buying the book by clicking on the cover image, it is beautiful and full color, giving 2 pages to each of 77 species of crickets, katydids, grasshoppers as well as an accompaniment CD with recordings of each insect. I was really struck by the large, high quality photographs of each species that is featured on each page and the helpful description of the songs. You can learn little tidbits such as how to tell the temperature just by listening to the Snowy Tree Cricket, or which insect can set off a car alarm with its loud song. This is yet another of Lang Elliott’s amazing resources for finding out about more of the world around us, focusing on sounds.

And many thanks to Amy for giving me this terrific book.
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