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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22AprRead More
Downy Woodpeckers
In my blog on 3/19, I posted photos of a pair of Downy Woodpeckers in mating rituals. Many creatures are just like us – there is courting before mating. For Downys, this involves looking at each other, fluttering around each other, and chasing each other. All this happened in the trees on the north shore […]
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15AprRead More
Just about the time you think you have seen it all – that nothing can surprise you…….. you see this!
These photos came from Matt F. in Cottage Grove, MN. He and his wife live in a neighborhood that is close to a good-sized pond and natural area that is full of wildlife. Each spring, Mallards can be found in their neighborhood. Many of these ducks are looking for nest sites – and they do […]
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11AprRead More
This and that!
Yesterday I added 6 new videos to this website – I hope you enjoy them! My main purpose with these videos is for you to be able to see these birds in action – a slice of their lives. You can watch their interactions, their movements. Get acquainted. Our weather here in Illinois has been […]
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04AprRead More
Pileated woodpecker – up close and personal
Hope Rupp sent me these photos of a female Pileated Woodpecker – these were taken near Harrisburg, PA. She also sent videos – click on Videos in the website menu to view all 3. She told me this woodpecker has been at her boss’s window every spring for 3 years and does rap on the […]
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03AprRead More
Finally! I caught that robin red-handed – or is it red-taloned? – eating seed!
For the past two years, we have had an American Robin right at this time of year (late March-early April) eating seed at the feeders. Last year, the robin was on the ground underneath the feeders. This year it has been up on the platform feeder most days for the last three weeks. And I […]