Welcome to My Blog!
This blog is where I’ll share what I’m seeing in our yard, in the gardens, and around our small lake—anything related to birds and gardening. I’d love to hear from you as well! Whether you’re observing something interesting or have a bird-related question, feel free to reach out. I don’t follow a strict blogging schedule, but I typically post every 4 to 7 days—sometimes more often. Let’s enjoy learning about birds together.
If you’d like to get in touch, please email me directly at lindahendricksspence@birdingbeyondthefieldguide.com.
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29NovRead More
Snow!!!!!!
If you have been watching the livestream, it has been snowing since last night. We were supposed to get between 3 and 5 inches. Right now, we have over 8 inches and it is still coming down. We have not had a good December snow here in a long time! The birds are at the […]
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25NovRead More
A new addition to this website – Poems and Essays. Plus buttons!
I have added a new section to this website. A place for you to post your poems and essays on nature. You can either click on “Submit your story” for an email form or use your own email form and send your poem or essay to: lindahendricksspence@birdingbeyondthefieldguide.com. If you have a question about this section, […]
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22NovRead More
Great Egret, Snowy Egret, and Tricolored Heron
As I wrote in my previous blogs, it was not the best birding from the beaches and shorelines around Charleston, SC, but we did see these three birds. The Great Egret is one of the birds that is pushing its range northward a bit. We now have more of them here in central Illinois in […]
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15NovRead More
What’s going in our yard…… and an update!
Our birds are returning – slowly, but surely. There are still times when there are no birds on the livestream, but you will also notice the levels on the sunflower feeder and thistle feeder are slowly going down – American Goldfinches. We generally have a flock of about a dozen each winter. We do not […]
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13NovRead More
Anhinga and Wood Stork – birds I rarely see…..
I was riding in the back seat as Cleon, our friend Matt, and I drove to the Magnolia Plantation I wrote about in my last blog. As usual, I was scanning the skies for birds – and clouds. I have rediscovered the joy of watching clouds form, reform, and then reform again – constantly changing […]