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Breaking The Bird Fast (Sound!)

Posted on October 20, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Some pretty birdies as we get back into birding after a 3-month, heat-and-mosquito induced break. There is audio with this post! Read on...

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Belted Kingfisher, Birding, Fall, Great Egret, Great-tailed Grackle, Green Heron, Monk Parakeet, Photography, Pileated woodpecker, Soundcloud, Wood duck, Wood Stork, Yardbirds, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron11 Comments

El Gordo, Ready For Travel

Posted on September 28, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Old and fat never looked so good!

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Fall, Migration, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Yardbirds6 Comments

Going To Church

Posted on September 27, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Praise, awe, and morality do not necessarily require a weekly visit to a building with walls, concrete parking spaces, and air-conditioning.

Posted in Birds, Gardening, Living, NatureTagged Birding, Brazoria NWR, Brazos Bend State Park, Farm Co-op, Fawn, Osprey, Ox Beetle Larva, Reddish Egret, White-tailed deer, Wildflowers3 Comments

Top 15: The (Analog) Things We Did Summer 2016

Posted on August 2, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

With only 20 days left until school starts, here are the things we did during our summer off-line, devoid of pricey summer camps or a family vacation.

Posted in Animals, Birds, Children, NatureTagged Babies, Birding, Fawn, Guinea pig, Pups, Summer, White-tailed deer11 Comments

Assessed (Taxes) and Obsessed (Birds)

Posted on May 21, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Coastal therapy is the way to relax after a round of property appraisal protesting.

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged American Avocet, American Oystercatcher, Animated GIF, Beach, Birding, Bolivar Flats, Common Nighthawk, Kids, Magnificent Frigatebird, Photography, Property appraisal, Reddish Egret, Taxes14 Comments

Texas Park Gem: Brazos Bend State Park

Posted on May 14, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Some nature photos in reverence of our favorite Texas State Park, Brazos Bend south of Houston.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Alligator, Brazos Bend State Park, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Trees, Tri-colored Heron, Water Hyacinth, Water Lily, Wildflowers, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron12 Comments

Highs and Lows

Posted on May 9, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

On one particularly celebratory day, soaring highs and destructive lows.

Posted in Birds, Nature, Trees, vs. Human habitatTagged Bald Eagle, Birding, Brown-headed Cowbird, Redhead, Scissortail Flycatcher, Trees7 Comments

Love Is In The Air (Sound!)

Posted on April 29, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

A menagerie of DirtNKids' nature photography in spring time. Animals are always G-rated when it comes to procreation (with one exception).

Posted in Birds, Nature, ReptilesTagged Alligator, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Great Egret, Green Anole, Laughing Gull, Loggerhead Shrike, Love, Northern Cardinal, Red-eared Slider, Roseate Spoonbill, Sandwich Tern16 Comments

Anniversary Weekend Birding

Posted on April 25, 2016July 25, 2020 by Shannon

Refreshed and bird obsessed, neotropic migrants and a beach campout with the moon is just what we needed to press the resent. Seven hotspots, 2 days, 8 checklists, and 11 life birds..

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Anniversary, Beach, Birding, Bolivar Flats, Camping, Corps Woods, eBird, eBird Checklist, Galveston Island, High Island, LaFitte's Cove, Quintana Bird Sanctuary28 Comments

So Long, Old Man Winter (Sound!)

Posted on March 20, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

A few yardbird pics and an update of life at DirtNKids in early spring. (Plus...another sound byte for your listening pleasure!)

Posted in Birds, Children, NatureTagged Black Vulture, Hooded Merganser, Pileated woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rufous Hummingbird, San Luis Pass, Winter, Yardbirds8 Comments

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