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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04OctRead More
New roof – today
Those of you who have been reading this blog know we had a severe storm in July with damage at our house. Uprooted trees (full grown oaks and hickories) and damage to the roof, siding and garage doors. Today is the day the roofers are supposed to come – one-half of the roof will be […]
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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 […]