A weekly birding outing roots out new birds for the 2016 list as well as direct comparison of similar duck species.
Memorial Park Birding
Birding Big Bend
♥ I can't think of a better way to start a new year than birding with my family. As we reset our annual species count for the new year -- as we've done the three previous ones -- our first-week-of-the-year trip to Big Bend National Park resulted in several birds we would not otherwise have … Continue reading Birding Big Bend
A New Year: Looking Up, Looking Back, and Plugging In
A little catch up for being away so long, DirtNKids will continue into 2016. This dirt party is just getting started, so read on, friends.
Backyard Feathers: The Best of 2015 Birding (Part 2)
There are those we watch and those we chase. Here are 20 bird portraits of our most photogenic yard residents (Part 2).
Chasing Feathers: The Best of 2015 Birding (Part 1)
There are those we watch and those we chase. Here are 25 bird portraits we chased (Part 1) and a re-cap of our best chases of 2015.
Cedar Waxwings
Cedar Waxwings need a painter...not a photographer. ♥ Added one more bird to the list for the year (Couch's Kingbird) so we are at 253 birds and holding!
Reasons To Stay
Winter is for the birds.
Ghost Birds: When Flooding Makes A Ghost Town
How water-sucking and storm flooding can turn a neighborhood into a nature center. Nature rocks.
Crepuscular
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive -- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." ~Marcus Aurelius ♠ I am decidedly a morning person. Believe me, it hasn't always been that way. First college then kids forced me into being functional before the sun … Continue reading Crepuscular
Winter Residents Arrive To What Remains
An aerial of our property is featured with photos of winter arrivals (birds) here. Purposeful plans for conservation in our own backyard help to counter the sadness of 'slash and burn' removal of acres upon acres of raw woods to make way for more human infrastructure.
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