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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15AprRead More
Double-crested Cormorants
In spring and summer, we normally have 6-7 Double-crested Cormorants on our small lake. This spring we have had an invasion! More cormorants here than I have ever seen in the 20 years we have lived here. We do have several large lakes in our area and cormorants in spring and summer are common. But […]
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10AprRead More
Brown-headed Cowbirds
Right now, we have a few Brown-headed Cowbirds on the platform feeder several times every day. Sometimes it is 3 or more males, but often there will be 1 female with them. Here in central Illinois, this is normal spring behavior for them and appears to be part of their courting ritual. What you will […]
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04AprRead More
Our Brown Thrasher is back!
Cleon and I love all the birds that use our yard, the feeders, and the bird baths. But I think our favorite is the Brown Thrasher. We started out about 10 years ago with one bird in the yard off and on throughout that spring and summer. Within a year or two, it was a […]
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31MarRead More
I saw a Timberdoodle!
Last weekend we were in Lake Geneva, WI. We drove to this lovely lake and town on a snowy, overcast day. There was an accident on the interstate and the GPS suggested an alternate route which we took. It was a series of rural roads winding through the southern Wisconsin countryside past fields, woodlands, and […]
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27MarRead More
American Goldfinches
Take a good look at the goldfinches at our feeders over the next few weeks and you will witness a remarkable change in the males. They will change from their drab winter color of grayish-brown with sometimes a hint of yellow, to a mottled mess of golden yellow and that same drab grayish-brown, and finally […]