Learn how to attract birds to your yard for virtually free pest control. You too can be a kitchen-counter birder!
Birding Blind…Chair Optional (Sound!)
Winter Birding – Photography in Dim Lighting (Sound!)
Photography in dim lighting can be difficult but not impossible. You too can get great images if you know how to set up your camera beforehand. Go to the post to listen to the sounds of the marshland birds while viewing the latest bird photos taken from Brazos Bend State Park. The peak birding season on the Texas Gulf Coast is only just beginning!
Winging Valentine’s Day
Birding again! I know, I know, it may not be your thing, but the birds are indeed beautiful. Come see how we spent a Valentine's weekend without the kids and bunnies.
Black Friday and Reaching 250
This is a follow-up to yesterday's, twice the length (1,400 words) but worth the story -- 250 birds for The Big Year! I am hoping the nature photos will make up for the long read. Cheers, all!
Shooting the Bird at Thanksgiving
Shooting the bird at American tradition, figuratively -- and literally.
Vegan Pancakes, October Captured
My mee-maw's famous buttermilk pancake recipe, completely bastardized to make it vegan, some October photos of kids and nature. These are hands down the best and easiest pancakes around.
Beaches and Birds
Kids beach frolic and parents go birding as Mr. and Mrs. Dirt celebrate 20 years together in Galveston. Come dig your toes in the mud,...er, uh, SAND. There's a new "Beaches" photo album, too. Cheers!
Butternut Squash Soup, September Captured
Lacking time for a more wordy post, enjoy September in pictures and a recipe for Curried Butternut Squash Soup instead. Birds, kids and nature continue to be favorite photographic subjects at DirtNKids.
Hummingbird Banding Xtravaganza
Bird banding on a whole 'nuther level. See a tiny Butterball fly right from a kid's hand.
Shy Prairie Chickens and Turtle Pillows
"It's never crowded along the extra mile." ~ Wayne Dyer ♣ We are way overdue for a garden post. There's really not much going on at the moment. Aside from the seedlings in the kitchen catching whatever sunshine they can get from the windows, all's quiet in the out-of-doors. As soon as they begin to … Continue reading Shy Prairie Chickens and Turtle Pillows
