MBS Day 2 from 2011

Terry petting Chet Baker (Julie Zickefoose's Boston Terrier, who now has his own Facebook page).

Me and T outside Hoover Auditorium

T with his just purchased spotting scope

Birding with Al Batt, David Bird, etc. Saw lots of warblers that morning.

Found some unpublished posts from when I took a "leave of absence" from this blog. These photos were taken at Midwest Birding Symposium at Lakeside, Ohio in September of 2011. Terry and I are registering for the 2013 symposium today!

Spring Snow Surprise 2013

THIRTEEN INCHES OF SNOW on March 24, 2013! Thankfully it came the day after quilt show! There was a class for members on Sunday - I had signed up for it and didn't want to miss it, but wow it was a trip getting downtown and back!

Lakeside!

Lobby
Staircase

Our Room

Arrived in Lakeside about noon on Thursday. Time for the Midwest Birding Symposium 2011 at last! This time we are staying at the Hotel Lakeside, built in 1873. It was very windy and the lake was choppy and rough, but the boat cruise went on this evening.

On the way here we stopped at East Harbor State Park, and saw two unfamiliar gulls. Looked them up- greater black-backed gull and Bonapartes gull-two new birds for us!

Vacation

Wednesday evening we stayed in Port Clinton, Ohio. This is the view from our motel windows.

Started off Tuesday to drive to Shipshewana, IN; but the car broke down on the way about 30 miles west of South Bend. So we spent the afternoon in a repair shop there. It was a nice one though, with a waiting room and a beautiful ladies room! Made it to Shipshewana that evening, found our hotel, ate supper and slept. Wed. morning we went shopping - I got to go to Lolly's quilt shop (woo hoo!) We had a nice lunch, then on to Port Clinton. Took the Jet Express to Put-In-Bay - saw a bald eagle flying low right over us just as we were pulling out of the harbor; also cormorants, gulls of course and a bird I couldn't identify- it put me in mind of a pelican- will check the guide to see if I can figure it out. Had a good supper and walked around Put-In Bay. It was raining a little as we got off the boat back in Port Clinton. It was very windy during the night, but the clouds were breaking up and the moon was still out in morning.

Chrissy

Chrissy is on the left on top.

We went to a scrimmage game at Millikin to see her cheering for the first time.

Empty Nest

I hadn't seen or heard the parents this morning, so I went out to look in the nest and the babies have fledged! I had hoped to see them learning to fly, but they must have taken right off while I wasn't there to see. No evidence of foul play; the nest is intact and empty. It's pretty quiet in the yard now.

Babies

The eggs have hatched. As I was sewing, I watched the adults going to the nest with bugs in their beaks. When I went out and peeked into the nest I saw little baby birds.