Arizona or BUST! #SnowbirdLife

You may be wondering why or how it is that I get to be in Tucson.

What the Gulls Teach Us #BirdsTellUs

In the months of September and October, I embarked on a eastern seaboard fall bird migration trip that took me to the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland as well as Barnstable and Provincetown on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It was important for me to take this trip because it preceded my intense dissertation writing that

Birds of Prayer- #FallMigration on the Eastern Shore

Do you remember jumping out of the car and running toward the entrance as your parent yelled to slow down and stop running?
Well I got that feeling when I visited the Eastern Shore to Bird. Literally.

Those 3 Times I Saw a #GreenHeron

So I prayed that the Green Heron would not fly away and opted to walk further to an area where I could photograph it from a distance. I walked up on a group of Canada Geese…

Nothing is Separate

In “Gift of the Red Bird” Paula D’Arcy writes “I shut out all conversations around me and consider the idea that nothing is separate, and that the Earth, stars, trees, animals…everything…might be a sacred expression of God. Is everything Holy?

You Gots to be Lying, An #Anhinga in Laurinburg, NC?

My Angel son was an artist and loved drawing in black and grey and white. Such a bird would have been a welcome render for him. The day before this was hard for me. And the bird made a strange sound when it landed as though it needed me to know it was there.

I choose to believe this was a Sign from Heaven. And it was a comfort.

Yard Birds and Bird Diversity: #Thoughts

Okay, now my home state of North Carolina has a much milder climate than Nebraska. So of course one finds many bird species here that are year-round. But that does not mean you will see them out in your yard. Or even at a city park. Do you know why?

#Birding ON THE ROAD

“Birds sing after a storm. Why Shouldn’t WE?”

My Friend the #RedTailedHawk

“The Hawk is a bird of the heavens, arranging the changes necessary to prompt our spiritual growth and our awareness.”

Someone saw a Whippoorwill but it was not me!

The adult American Robin was on the branch in front of the Juvenile and it was because I was looking at the Adult that I noticed the interesting looking Juvenile.