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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

First of Year: 1st Generation Monarch

Posted on May 11, 2018July 25, 2020 by Shannon
The first-of-the-year monarch chrysalis for 2018.

The first of four, the first of the year!

Posted in Insects, NatureTagged Chrysalis, Conservation, Migration, Milkweed, Monarch butterfly, Praying Mantis7 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

School Gardens (Overdue) Update: Let It Grow!

Posted on May 1, 2018November 15, 2020 by Shannon

An overdue update about an on-going garden project at school.

Posted in Children, Food, Gardening, Insects, NatureTagged Carrots, Fungus, Making compost, Monarch butterfly, Monarch caterpillar, Raised bed garden, School gardens, Soil, Videos32 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

Nearing The End Of Harvey

Posted on August 29, 2017November 30, 2020 by Shannon
Stick gauges and the direction of flow alert us to potential neighborhood flooding.

We're dry, but it ain't over yet.

Posted in Insects, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Crawdad, Evacuation, Flooding, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, John Campbell, Levees, NOAA, Stick gauge, USGS20 Comments

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