Cleon and I wish all of you a happy and healthy 2025. And don’t forget to include birds in your resolutions! Try to spend time outdoors in nature walking or sitting and just absorb everything around you. Breathe. Deeply. The world is a difficult place right now, but spending time feeling the breeze on your […]
Yesterday, Cleon stood at the window and watched a Pileated Woodpecker fly through the birdfeeder cam viewing area twice. It landed on an almost dead tree outside the viewing area for a few minutes, then took off. So when you are watching the live-stream, look for it. You cannot miss it! Unfortunately, these woodpeckers have […]
And for long periods of time? Birds like Mallards and Flamingoes will often sleep standing on one leg. The Boat-tailed Grackle pictured here is one from the video I posted (click on Videos on the left side of the page). Notice how comfortable he looks standing on just one leg – and he stood like […]
We decorated around the birdfeeders – you can see our efforts on the birdfeeder cam. I channeled my Inner Crow! These are not holiday or Christmas decorations, but winter decorations. I know it is still fall until the winter solstice on December 21, but believe me when I tell you that is a technicality! It […]
I have added more videos to this website. If you have yet to watch any, just go to the website menu on the homepage and click on ‘Videos’. The list will come up and just click on the title of the video you would like to watch. Turn up your volume as they all have […]
Beautiful day with only a slight breeze. Sunny. 45 – brisk! To begin, just where is The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and what is it like? The Alligator River NWR is on the easternmost point of the mainland of North Carolina. The Alligator River is the western border of this refuge. What is this […]
Continuing from where I left off on the previous post …… It is the same day, only later in the morning. After we finished early morning birding in the park that bordered Pamlico Sound, we needed coffee and some sort of quick breakfast. We turned back on the highway and drove north and saw this […]
Are you like me and wondering what in the world – or where in the world – is The OBX? It was on my previous trip here – about 10 years and 2 hurricanes ago – that I learned. It is short for The Outer Banks and you will find OBX everywhere out here on […]
Cleon and I are traveling. We left our house, bird feeders, birdbath, and our bird cam in very good hands. Thank you Miles, Justin, and Jean! So we can relax and just enjoy a few weeks of birding. As I have written in this blog, one of the best places to look for raptors is […]
From where we live in central Illinois, we drove east toward Indiana. No destination in mind – just taking a long ride on a lovely fall day. And we did see a few birds. For me, it is never how many species, but the birds I am seeing – what are they doing? And I […]