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Community Mothers: My Wish For Every Mother

Posted on May 12, 2018May 12, 2018 by Shannon
A white-tailed deer fawn gets cleaned up before bedding down on his first day of life.

A mother's love isn't exclusive for humans.

Posted in Animals, Birds, Family, Insects, Nature, ReptilesTagged Fawn, Friendship, Great Egret, Monarch butterfly, Mother, Motherhood, Mothers Day, Red-eared Slider, White-tailed deer14 Comments

Birding Here, Birding There, Birds and Babies Everywhere

Posted on May 5, 2018December 27, 2021 by Shannon

After a few months, the dust settles and all the pretty feathers fall into place.

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged American Bittern, American Dipper, Birding, Black-throated Green Warbler, Bronzed Cowbird, Indigo Bunting, Least Bittern, Northern Pygmy Owl, Purple Gallinule, Pygmy Nuthatch, Vermillion Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-breasted Chat34 Comments

321 Birding Year: Luck and Lifers

Posted on January 10, 2018November 29, 2020 by Shannon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet sing daily mid-summer at DeMotte Campground in the Kaibab National Forest.

321 Birds. One Year. These are the stories and photos behind this year's Luck and Lifers.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Cassin's Finch, Digiscoping, Golden Eagle, Long-billed Curlew, Red-shouldered Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Swainson's Hawk, Wild turkey, Williamson's Sapsucker24 Comments

Missed Moments: A Whirlwind 2017 … In Forgotten Pictures

Posted on January 1, 2018December 27, 2021 by Shannon
My sister's donkey, Pedro, gives me a smile.

A longish re-cap of a busy year, in pictures.

Posted in Birds, Family, Insects, NatureTagged Bald Eagle, Big Bend National Park, Big Bend NP, Birding, Bobcat, Camping, Death, Fawn, Monarch butterfly, Ox Beetle, Rabbit, Snow storm, White-tailed deer24 Comments

Colorado Springs Break

Posted on October 10, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon
Copulation of Prairie Falcons at Garden of the Gods, Colorado, make a group of friars blush.

Photo subjects of our 2017 Spring Break in Colorado Springs.

Posted in Birds, Living, NatureTagged Birding, Black-billed Magpie, Brown Creeper, Bushtit, Clarks Nutcracker, Colorado Springs, Gray Jay, Hooded Merganser, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Shoveler, Prairie Falcon, Woodhouse Scrub Jay14 Comments

Belted Kingfisher: Bold Arrival (Sound!)

Posted on October 3, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon
A male Belted Kingfisher calls while in flight, making sure others know this is his hunting territory.

A short sound byte of one of our favorite yard birds.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Belted Kingfisher, Birding, Birdsong, Fall, Soundcloud, Yardbirds9 Comments

In Their Element: Birds Of The Texas Upper Gulf Coast

Posted on September 24, 2017November 30, 2020 by Shannon
A male Eastern Bluebird brings morsels to his brood.

A collection of my favorite bird photos around where we live.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Black-and-White Warbler, Common Nighthawk, Eastern Bluebird, Laughing Gull, Mourning Dove, Nature photography, Orchard Oriole, Roseate Spoonbill, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Willet, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron27 Comments

Ghost Bird: White-eyed Vireo (Sound!)

Posted on July 12, 2017January 21, 2022 by Shannon

What a chatty little fellow. It's nice to see him too!

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Birdsong, Soundcloud, White-eyed Vireo, Yardbirds14 Comments

This Weekend Is Not About Me.

Posted on May 12, 2017August 30, 2017 by Shannon

Celebrating migratory birds by not celebrating Mother's Day in the traditional way.

Posted in Birds, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Birding, Hummingbird, International Migratory Bird Day, Migratory Bird Day, Mothers Day, Purple Martin, Red Knots, Roger Tory Peterson, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Top Posts, Wilson's warbler, Yardbirds14 Comments

Spring Migration: When Birds Give You Butts

Posted on April 25, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon

My bird photos aren't always that great, ya know.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Baltimore Oriole, Birding, Black-whiskered Vireo, Migration, Nature photography, Photography, Spring, Summer Tanager15 Comments

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