Welcome to My Blog
This blog is where I’ll share with you what I’m seeing in our yard, around our small lake, and when we travel—anything related to birds, wildlife, and plants. And also occasionally share with you what philosophical question is on my mind while I am outside watching the clouds drift by. Or if something strikes me as really funny!
I’d love to hear from you as well – what you are observing and thinking. Whether you have an observation or photo or have a question, please click on the button “Share Your Thoughts”. I will answer your email – and always ask your permission before I post something you send or share your first name and the state in which you reside.
I post every Sunday evening. Let’s enjoy nature together!
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06SepRead More
The Loggerhead Shrike
Over the next few weeks, I am going to talk about birds who were once common within their range and habitat, but whose populations are now in steep decline. Things in the United States are changing. The federal government is no longer protecting wildlife and habitats as they once did. I never think it is […]
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30AugRead More
Turns out birding may not just be a wonderful pastime, it could be so much more …..
Some of the best moments of my life have occurred during birding. That is not in any way meant to lessen the impact of the first time I gazed into my husband’s eyes, the first time I jumped from a high cliff into the lake below, those moments when we learned our first grandchild had […]
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23AugRead More
Birds on a wire – flocking up in late summer…..
This is a great time of year to throw your binoculars around your neck and take a walk or drive anywhere there are overhead utility wires. It does not matter if you are in town, the suburbs, or rural. This is the time of year you will see more and more birds sitting together side-by-side […]
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16AugRead More
A Carolina Wren, response on the juvenile albino cardinal from last week’s blog, and me going waaaaay off topic……
First – the Carolina Wren. This is one of my favorite birds. OK – you caught me! – I probably say that about most of the birds I write about. And it is true – there are no birds I do not like. And there are no birds I do not think beautiful. There is […]
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09AugRead More
American Goldfinches, raccoons, and a surprise cardinal!
American Goldfinches are an oddity amongst North American songbirds. Even their close cousins – the Lesser Goldfinches – do not share this trait. American Goldfinches only begin nesting at the end of July. Here it is – almost mid-August – and they are in the midst of their first nest of the season. All the […]