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Settled In For The Long Haul

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Mike Slickster

I had been in the process of moving out of Andalusia to a new place known to me as my studio. Finally all settled in and quite enjoying meself, I find the digs to be charming. The flat is in … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Andalusia, Bald Eagles, birds, birds of prey, birdwatching, birthday, bridge, Bristol, celebrate, census, charming, chicks, continued support, contraption, cooper, cover songs, digital cameras, digs, downsized, downstairs, dumpster full, eyases, furnishing, furniture, garbage, ground floor, hatch, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, junk, Lake Luxembourg, Lardner's Point, long haul, mansion, may 12, memorabilia, montage, moving, my studio, neighbors, nesting pair, nests, New Jersey, Nine Gables, Northeast Philadelphia, Number One Crush, offspring, osprey, PA-NJ Turnpike Bridge, Pennypack Creek, Pennypack Park, peregrine falcons, photo album, photobook, photobooth, photographs, photography, police department, predecessor, presents, raptors, recorded, rental truck, residences, resident, Ring Of Fire, Riverton, routine, selfies, settled, son, stuff, transport, victorian, video, vinyl, visit | 4 Comments

Pandemic Isolation: Week Six

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Mike Slickster

The cloth masks arrived from Amazon last Wednesday. It’s a good thing they did. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Department of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, signed an order on that day, requiring all workers and customers at essential businesses that are … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged aisles, Amazon, apartment complex, Bald Eagles, binge, bird-watcher, birds of prey, boundary, cloth masks, commonwealth, COVID-19, crazy people, Delaware River, destroyer, died, disease, Dr. Rachel Levine, e-mail, eaglets, enforcement, essential businesses, excuse, fair, fine-feathered friends, flat, food-shopping, Frank, groceries, gummy bears, hype, isolation, jerk, joking, Kinks, liberals, life, MAGA hat, management, media, mixed nuts, needed supplies, nesting pair, NJ, online, order, ospreys, pandemic, panicking, paranoia, Pat, Pennsylvania, Pennypack Park, philadelphia, political leanings, politics, potentially infected people, pound, reasoning, requirement to wear masks, Riverton, scope, Secretary of the Department of Health, social distancing, stranger, supermarket, tenants, tirade, toilet paper, treats, tripod, Trumpers, week six, weight gain, workers | 2 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day Belated

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Valentine’s Day has passed us by. Onward we go with spring training and baseball once again. The Phillies started their pitchers’ and catchers’ first workout on the 12th, with the full squad coming together on the 17th. The first preseason … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged accumulation, Alice Cooper, Australian scientists, Bald Eagles, baseball, belated, black widow spiders, breed, Bristol Borough, brutality, Burke Museum, candy heart, cold spell, Delaware River, Detroit, drop dead, evolutionary hangover, Fat Tuesday, Florida, grand slam, hedonistic, hometown heroes, humans, insult to injury, Kansas, L. hesperus, Lactodectus mactans, laid-back, Lake Luxembourg, Lakeland, Latrodectus corallinus, little red kalutas, macho, Mardi Gras, marsupials, mateing, National Wildlife, NJ, Norther New Jersey, Northwestern Australia, NWS, October, overnight, PA, philadelphia, phillies, precipitation, radical reproduction, region, regular baseball, Riverton, season, Seattle, sexual maturity, snow, Spring, Spring training, St. Patrick's Day, The Black Widow, Tigers, treasure trove, tweeted, Valentine's Day, valentines, Vincent Price, Washington, Winter, World Series Championship, Yanks | Leave a comment

Osprey Nestlings’ Head Count for 2019

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Mike Slickster

During the other day, I took count of osprey nestlings along my usual stretch of the Delaware River from the New Jersey side. Four of the thirteen nests are either hard to see closeup, or not at all from Pennsylvania. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 2019, Andalusia, Andalusia Mansion, Bensalem Township, Beverly, Biddle, Bird is the Word, birds of prey, Bristol, Burlington-Bristol Bridge, census, channel buoy, Cinnaminson Township, Croydon ospreys, Delaware River, Eddington, fledging, haunted, Herringbone nest, Home of the Three Hour Tour, July, Keystone Watch Case Company, Logan's Point, Mud Island, Neshamny State Park, nestlings, New Jersey, offspring, ospreys, Pavilion Hotel, Pen Ryn, Pennsylvania, Pennypack Creek, Pennypack Park, philadelphia, photo-journal, Radcliffe North, Rancocas Creek, range marker, raptors, Riverton, Riverton Yacht Club, sailboat, shipwercked, shoreline, smart-ass, smartphone, Station Avenue, Surfin Bird, Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, tally, The Minnow, The Trashmen, zombie | Leave a comment

State of the Osprey Breeding Season for 2019

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Spring has sprung,Still feels like winter,Maybe that’s why,My ospreys aren’t hither. On the distribution map above for the 2019 osprey season, the sites labeled with white borders and red letters are those at which one or a pair have returned … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Andalusia, Andalusian, Bald Eagles, Beverly, birding, birds of prey, breeding season, Burlington Island, Burlington-Bristol Bridge, channel buoy, channel marker, clockwork, Croydon Chemical, Delaware River, distribution map, equator, fine-feathered friends, fish hawks, Freebird, Herringbone, Lake Luxembourg, lynyrd skynyrd, marina, migration, milder weather, Mud Island, Neshaminy State Park, nests, NJ, nor'easter, osprey, Pen Ryn, Pennypack Creek, Pennypack Park on the Delaware, Radcliffe, raptor, reproduce, riverfront, Riverton, Riverton Yacht Club, snow storms, South America, Spring, spring equinox, st. paddy's day, St. Patrick's Day, survey, Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, towers | Leave a comment

Birdhouse in Your Soul

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Mike Slickster

Ten nesting pairs of ospreys have returned for the 2018 season to a stretch of the Delaware River that starts in Riverton, NJ, and ends 18.6 miles (29.9 kilometers) northeasterly at the tip of Burlington Island, NJ. The raptors, otherwise … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Andalusia, Andalusian ospreys, avian ethology, Beverly, biological study, biology, bird-watcher, Birdhouse in Your Soul, birding, birds of prey, birthday, Bristol, Bristol Basin Park, broods, Burlington Island, Burlington-Bristol Bridge, channel marker, clan, Coast Guard, cormorants, Croydon, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Dow Chemical, Eagles, eagles nest, Eddington, Edgewater Park, ethology, fish hawks, Florida, gestation, granddaddy, Herringbone, incubating, kayak, Lake Luxembourg, Langhorne, Logan's Point, Maple Beach, mate, Neshaminy State Park, Neshaminy State Park Marina, nesting, nesting pair, New Jersey, NJ, nor'easters, osprey distribution map, ospreys, PA, patrolman, Pen Ryn, Pennsylvania, Pennypack Creek, philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Company, photography, police car, Radcliffe, range marker, raptors, river hawks, Riverton, Sarobia, sea hawks, seagulls, Sevylor, South America, They Might Be Giants, Winter Storm Toby | Leave a comment

The Only Thing That’s Certain in Life is Death and Paying Taxes, and the Return of My Beloved Ospreys.

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Finally filed the state and federal income taxes this week, way ahead of time this year for once, almost two weeks before the final deadline. This past Wednesday was a rainy day, which was conducive for staying in and getting … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged avian survey, biological survey, birds of prey, Burlington Island, channel markers, Christianss, death, Delaware River, Easter, eggs, Everclear, fast, federal refund, human, incubation, Jewish, Lent, NJ, ospreys, Palm Sunday, Passover, politics, predator, procrastination, progeny, range markers, raptors, Riverton, Robert Logan, roosting, Santa Monica, Sarobia, St. Patrick's Day, suicide, survey, Tax Day, taxes, William Penn | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Riverton

Settled In For The Long Haul

Happy Valentine’s Day Belated

Osprey Nestlings’ Head Count for 2019

State of the Osprey Breeding Season for 2019

Birdhouse in Your Soul

The Only Thing That’s Certain in Life is Death and Paying Taxes, and the Return of My Beloved Ospreys.

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