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 to share or have a question, please click on the button “Share Your Thoughts”.
I don’t follow a strict blogging schedule, but I generally post every 7-10 days—sometimes more often. Let’s enjoy nature together!
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19FebRead More
Suet – birds can be picky
Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers are the big suet eaters at our feeders. And they relish the suet I make that is in the log feeder my father made for me so many years ago. (The recipe for this suet is under Bird Feeders and Bird Baths in this website’s menu.) We also have a wire […]
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15FebRead More
Snow Geese – look carefully at every flock. There may be more than Snow Geese in each one …..
Snow Geese are migrating and you might see and hear flocks overhead for at least another week. Out here in the midwest, they land to forage in our huge, harvested agricultural fields and to rest on our lakes. We do not often have them here on our small lake, but we do have them on […]
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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!