Greetings from Atlanta . . . Stuck indoors for only 1 1/2 of 3 1/2 days so far, but I am already showing symptoms of birding withdrawal!

Luckily, I had a couple of hours of pseudo-birding before the conference started. After arriving 3 hours EARLY in Atlanta (how often do you hear that?) when the flight we were supposed to be on never made it to Portland due to fog and we were placed on a much quicker, non-stop flight instead. Darn.

Jeannette and I used that little time for a brief "vacation." We hopped on the subway and headed to explore downtown Atlanta. OF COURSE, I had binoculars packes, so I was able to do a little birding in Centennial Olympic Park - which, despite the park being more concrete than vegetation, produced a dozen species, including Gray Catbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow, and Northern Mockingbird . . .and of course Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow, and European Starling.

Anyway . . .

Here's an article that I found quite interesting. Humans may be feeding birds now - hence why we are in Atlanta for a bird feeding and bird watching trade show, BUT, 2 million years ago, we were REALLY FEEDING birds!

Eagles Used to Prey on our Ancestors