Strongest candidate so far for IB mascot!

The Bo Peep Show (with must-see photos and video!)
by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The Caucus, The New York Times, April 14, 2009

Bees do it

How bees dance to communicate location of food
Guardian.co.uk, April 5, 2009

Many thanks to friend and beekeeper Gerry Gomez Pearlberg of Global Swarming Honeybees for alerting me to this video.

Cute!

Did you think there was any chance that this blog would be the only one not showing this videocam?


Video chat rooms at Ustream

Shiba Inu puppies contend for InfiniteBody mascot.

InfiniteBody mascot found!

Okay, folks! I think we've finally found the definitive winner!

Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer is found in Italy

By Marta Falconi, Associated Press, June 11, 2008

Seeking dancers for National Pigeon Day

This is what comes of mixing one's involvement in the dance world with one's involvement in the birding world! This morning, I received an email from Anna Dove who is helping to organize the first National Pigeon Day in Central Park on Friday, June 13, and would love flocks of dancers to get involved. (Anna Dove! Just got that! :-D)

The event is scheduled for 4-8pm at Pilgrim Hill, and you can get more details at the National Pigeon Day blog. The project was featured in a recent Daily News piece and in a New York Times article in November 2007.

Dove is requesting assistance or suggestions for this event and also invites interested bird-loving dancers to check out the People for Pigeons blog.

For the birds

Not dance, I know. But you all know I'm an avid birder, and you might just find a new mascot for InfiniteBody!

If you go, have a good time! I'll be away (May 15-22), birding in Arizona!

Eva :-)

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Central Park birding

Guided Bird Walking Tour

9am-Noon
Central Park
Tour Guide: Randy Schutz
$5

We'll meet on the southeast corner of 81st Street and Central Park West on the park side entering the Park directly and taking in what wildlife may be in evidence along the way. Dependent on what we find we'll visit Tanner Spring, the Shakespeare Garden, pass by Belvedere Castle and head into the Ramble. Much will depend on what we find and where we find it.

Almost 200 different species of birds can be found in Central Park during the year. Most birds are more active in the early morning and late afternoon, although there will be some activity throughout the day.

If you are new to birding, you will be given a few pointers about using binoculars and doing birding.

Please RSVP: plsreserve@yahoo.com

Prospective InfiniteBody mascot pair!

I'm in tears!

(Be sure to watch this to the very end!)

New mascot contender

A new contender for InfiniteBody blog mascot has been making stunning repeat appearances at the southwest end of Union Square Park, near the Gandhi statue! Click the following links to see photos of the bird--recently ID-ed as a very rare (for New York City) Scott's Oriole--that has NYC birders all atwitter.

http://www.jczinn.com/birds/Passerines/scor_3870a.jpg

http://www.ardithbondi.com/slideshow28.html#0

Another strong candidate for mascot

Speaking of dance critics, check this out today at Disapproving Rabbits!

Another candidate for InfiniteBody blog mascot!

Tiger Cub May Hold Future in His Paws
by Mike Aivaz, The Raw Story, December 6, 2007

And don't miss the BBC video at the bottom of this story!

I brake for cats!

Okay, so this is so not about dance, but I need my cute cat video fix every now and then, and I'm sure you do, too! Enjoy!

clipped from www.youtube.com

So I think he can dance!

And now, another challenger for the crown of InfiniteBody blog mascot! Introducing Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo!

An alternate mascot for InfiniteBody?

From the You Just Never Know Where You'll Find Dancing in New York file

A fellow birder posted the following message to the eBirds NYC list, and I'm reposting it here with her permission.

While enjoying a stellar day of birding at Prospect Park this afternoon, which was awash in hordes of warblers, vireos, et al pushed in by the previous evening's north/northwest wind, I observed a little brown wren doing an odd little dance.

The wren was perched on a log by some broken down cement steps, near a culvert by the main road, across from the zoo. As I slowly walked over with my pit bull, it began to raise its wings, drop them down, and frame its lowered head with the fanned, stubby wings. It performed the display several times, in a ritualized manner, facing me and my pit bull (though any number of other intruding birds in the immediate vicinity could have been the target of the display).

I'd never observed this behavior in any bird before, so a little research on the Internet was in order upon reaching home. I found a pdf study of Chickadee anti-predator display patterns. The wing wave was clearly illustrated and perfectly matched the wren's antic display. Basically, the bird faces the threat, lowers its head, and waves its wings downward around its head.

The wren was found in an area where I have frequently observed both winter wrens and house wrens for at least 10 years. This individual sported a distinctive white eyebrow marking, so may have been a Carolina wren.

I still don't know how that wren thought she was going to initimidate a pit bull with that cute little performance.

Kim E.

Thanks, Kim, for that stellar bit of dance writing! As for the wren's strategy: whatever it takes, cookie! But click here and on the Play button to see InfiniteBody's considerably fiercer official mascot.

Official mascot of the InfiniteBody blog

Lovely...but don't mess with them!