Howdy, friends. This week your fearless host is going to another weekend bluegrass festival, so I thought we would talk about a bird that makes Appalachia its home during part of the year. Entirely by chance, I happened to pick … Continue reading The WPT Rolls Away the Dew
Howdy, friends. This week we continue our exploration of the barbets, although there was so little to be found about this week’s subject that I might need to switch things up or start combining species. This week’s bird is the … Continue reading The WPT is Low on Facts
Howdy, friends. We are continuing our impromptu tour of the barbets with another subject that is enchantingly colorful but about which information seems mercifully scarce. I don’t know about you all, but my life just doesn’t want to slow down … Continue reading The WPT is Flamboyant and Chunky
Howdy, friends. Continuing our study of barbets, this week we are talking about the little-studied but exceptionally colorful red-headed barbet. This bird lives in humid montane forests and forest edges in Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. … Continue reading The WPT is on a Barbet Kick
Howdy, friends. This week we are continuing our barbet-related journey by covering a bird that came up last week. The red-vented bulbul is not a barbet, but it does steal berries which coppersmith barbets will collect for their mates while … Continue reading The WPT is Cute and Invasive
Howdy, friends. Although this week was beset by sickness in the Killsock household, I promised a new bird and a new bird you shall have. We’re all ok, we just ended up taking four sick days this week between the … Continue reading The WPT Likes to Sit with Friends
Howdy, friends. I’m hosting some family this weekend and neglected to put together anything for this header. I promise to be back next week with a corker of a barbet. Have a good weekend, enjoy the holiday if you’re in … Continue reading The WPT Lost Track of Time
Howdy, friends. I hope everyone is doing well, although I know we are all concerned about the state of the world. This week’s bird is the double-toothed barbet, which I saw while writing last week’s header and figured we could … Continue reading The WPT Snacks on Guac
Howdy, friends. This week’s bird, the greater blue-eared starling, is an associate of last week’s subject, the superb starling. The birds share some of their range and will sometimes roost together, in addition to forming flocks to forage and for … Continue reading The WPT Might be a Whole Thing
Howdy, friends. Our bird this week sounded really familiar, so before I began writing, I went into wordpress and made sure I hadn’t written it up before. This is the first time I’ve actually checked, I tend to just pick … Continue reading The WPT Trills and Chatters
Howdy, friends. I chose the bird this week in an effort to bring some geographical diversity to these headers, as they had been pretty focused on north and south America for a while. Unfortunately I picked a bird that looks … Continue reading The WPT is Apparently Illusive
Howdy, friends. This week’s bird gives me particular joy, because thrashing is my and Mrs K’s slang for any kind of personal disturbance or freak out, most often expressed as an admonition from one of us to the other to … Continue reading The WPT Thrashes About
Howdy, friends. I hope everyone is doing well and finding time to unplug a bit. My recent project to watch, listen to and read new things hit a bit of a snag when I decided to play some Warcraft II, … Continue reading The WPT Struts on the Scene
Howdy, friends. This week’s bird was one about which I couldn’t find a whole lot of info, so I’m putting up some extra pictures instead. The “puffing up to make yourself look larger” of header composition. Our bird this week … Continue reading The WPT is Very Large
Hi everyone. I hope you’re enjoying your holiday weekend, even if there isn’t a lot to be excited about in terms of this whole United States thing at the moment. Anyway, as usual, I come bearing some nature pics to … Continue reading The WPT is more of a Goose
Howdy, friends. I’m back with some birds for everybody after my trip with family to the Jersey Shore. I don’t want to be too grumpy about the fact that Ocean City is dry, but an unintended side effect is that … Continue reading The WPT has Got Legs for Miles
Its too hot to write. Be good to each other, don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel, you know the drill. Have a good weekend, everyone. Continue reading The WPT 6-21-25
Howdy, friends. I hope everyone is keeping safe out there. I ended up taking Friday off rather than try to commute around all the road closures in DC this weekend. I can afford to do that, but its pretty ridiculous … Continue reading The WPT Stays Home
Howdy, folks. Its time for birds again. This week’s bird is the red-capped parrot, a medium sized parrot native to southwestern Australia. Males and females look more or less the same, although the female is said to have somewhat duller … Continue reading The WPT is Magnificent and Gaudy
Howdy, friends. I hope all is well in your various corners of the world. I know its not, but I do wish it were, and there is something to be said for positivity. Our bird this week is the black-crowned … Continue reading The WPT is New on the Scene
Hi friends. This week’s bird was suggested by a friend from work who follows along with these headers via the pictures I leave on the desktops of shared computers. Her suggestion was the African Pygmy falcon, because the San Antonio … Continue reading The WPT Posts from the Field
