Bird vs. Fish

WI Rare Birds: 1st Week of April

Ancient murrelet has been found historically in the state during the first week of April!

Too Much Banner

I don’t want a banner or slider that takes up the whole front page. I want visitors to see content and not just a pretty picture dominating the screen when they first visit my site. So, some themes I might otherwise like aren’t quite what I’m looking for… Pinnacle Dispatch Personal Portfolio Innovation Lite

Themes That Match My “Wants”

Right now, I’m rocking health-center-lite, which matches the basics of what I’m looking for. Yet, using it has revealed a few strange features (or lack thereof). For example, it is not responsive (nor even really adaptive?) as far as I can tell. Enigma-parallax looks nice. Is Advertica too flashy? All of these (and Invert Lite, […]

The Task of Picking a Theme

So, now I have this fancy WordPress-powered site to up my professional game, but let me tell ya: picking a theme is way harder than I thought! I need a webpage that, for now, showcases me as I look for a job post-graduation. First off, I’m not a designer, so it took me quite a bit […]

Say’s Phoebe

We were lucky to dart out this evening in time to find a Say’s phoebe that had been reported in Verona, WI.

Learning the Jargon

In my WordPress journey, I’ve had to learn a few things about web design. For example, there’s a school of design termed “responsive.” It means that pages are built to fit any size.

WI Rare Birds: Last Week March

This week in history, a smew was found!

Dark-Eyed Junco

I have one of the original model Audubon Wingscapes Feeder Cams that I have set up on my bird feeder. I’m in the process of upgrading my setup, so stay tuned. In the meantime, I got perhaps the best photo of a dark-eyed junco I can hope for as long as the cam is pointed […]

American Crow

I invested in a larger hopper feeder, but for now, it’s still hanging from a Shepherd’s hook. I think my larger feathered friends sometimes have trouble with it! Yet, they seem to love my red pepper suet, so much so that I caught them digging up a cache in the lawn. Concurrently, I noticed one […]

Summer Vacation

What better vacations than friends’ weddings? I just got the invite to attend the wedding of 2 of my dear friends from my MS lab. In addition to seeing many of our close friends again and celebrating a joyous occasion, we’re of course also already planning our birding! My mom’s best friend has a house […]