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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12FebRead More
Avian Flu – What Can You Do?
Avian flu is nationwide and this is the time of year when it is at its most deadly. One way this disease is spread is through wild geese and ducks who can be carriers of the disease and from the end of January through mid April is when they are migrating. It is spread by […]
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07FebRead More
The rare Ross’s Gull spotted in Kansas
Cleon’s cousin Rick Radis sent me a text a few days ago to tell me a Ross’s Gull – a quite rare visitor to our lower 48 states – was sighted in Kansas. Unfortunately, I do not have a photo of this gull – please check your field guide or allaboutbirds.org. Look at the range […]
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07FebRead More
The Greater White-fronted Geese have landed!
Here they are! Cleon took this photo of them last year about this same time. Be sure to watch the video I just shot this morning – go to this website’s menu and click on Videos. And turn up your volume!
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05FebRead More
Spring is on its way!
The Snow Geese are now flying in huge flocks high over our house – all leisurely heading north to their nesting grounds on the tundra of northern Canada. And our Canada Geese are beginning what Cleon and I have named “The Great Goose Wars”. Each late winter, the large flocks of Canada Geese – which […]
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03FebRead More
Great news! A Carolina Wren!
We had a frigid January where we had close to three weeks of night-time temperatures in minus digits, day-time temperatures in single digits, and winds anywhere from 20-30 mph all day and all night. This morning it is sunny, the temperature will be in the 50’s, there is a very light breeze, and a Carolina […]