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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27FebRead More
Eastern Bluebirds!
Since the holidays, some of my birding friends here in central Illinois have had more bluebirds than they have ever had – and that includes Cleon and me. I did post photos in the Public Forum our friend Jim sent us of buebirds at his house which is about 30 miles north of us. He […]
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26FebRead More
I cleaned our safflower feeder this morning
It is going to be warmer here in central Illinois for about a week to 10 days. This is a good time for Cleon and me to thoroughly clean each feeder every few days. The birds had just about emptied the safflower feeder – House Finches love these seeds here in our backyard. Cleon and […]
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21FebRead More
Why do birds take off from the feeders all of a sudden – and all at once?
If you have been watching our live-stream camera over the last few weeks you will have noticed that on most days, it is standing-room-only at the feeders. That is because it has been so bitterly cold. When you are watching the live-stream, there is weather information on the top left corner of your screen for […]
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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 […]