Welcome to My Blog!
This blog is where I will share with you what I am seeing in our yard, in our gardens, what is happening on our small lake – anything at all related to birds and gardens. And I would like to hear from you! The purpose of this website is for all of us who are interested in birds, to share what we are seeing and thinking. Please use the Public Forum to post what you are observing and to ask and answer questions. I do not have a rigid schedule as to when I blog, but I generally post every 4-7 days – occasionally more often. I will use this blog – you can use the Public Forum – and let’s learn about birds together! If you need to contact me personally, please email me at lindahendricksspence@birdingbeyondthefieldguide.com.
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01OctRead More
Cooper’s Hawk in the birdbath!
If any of you were watching the birdfeeder cam at 1:15PM Central Time – just a few minutes ago – you saw a Cooper’s Hawk in the larger of the two bird baths. Just standing there in the middle of it. Females are larger than males and I am guessing this was a female – […]
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30SepRead More
Birdfeeder maintenance …….
At about 4:15PM Central Time today, we will be taking down the birdfeeders for cleaning. Cleon will also be cleaning and refilling the birdbaths. Our storms and high winds from Hurricane Helene are over and starting tomorrow, we should have sunny and cooler days. And hopefully more birds coming to eat! The feeders will be […]
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30SepRead More
Double-Crested Cormorants
When Cleon posted his photo in the Public Forum of a raft of White Pelicans on the large lake near our house, he also posted a photo of the silt dam in that lake which was filled with Double-Crested Cormorants, a few Ring-billed Gulls, and several Great Blue Herons. In that photo you cannot make […]
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25SepRead More
White Pelicans – and in comparison, Brown Pelicans
A wonderful bird is the pelican His bill can hold more than his belican! My father taught me this poem when I was a little girl. It is two lines from a longer poem written by Dixon Lanier Merritt in 1913. These two lines have always brought a smile to my face because they are […]
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24SepRead More
A wonderful way to end the day!
A male Northern Cardinal at the feeder. Besides eating, he is calling to his mate who is in a nearby tree. She will come to eat after he is finished. If you were watching at about 7PM Central Time and had your volume up, you could hear both birds. chip chip chip Her […]