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Big Bend Birding: Off The Grid

Posted on December 8, 2018December 27, 2021 by Shannon

A digital photo post, celebrating the birds and living (temporarily) analog.

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Autumn, Big Bend National Park, Big Bend NP, Birding, Black-crested Titmouse, Black-throated Sparrow, Cactus Wren, Camping, Canyon Towhee, Mexican Jay, Pyrruloxia, Say's Phoebe, Top Posts24 Comments

Autumn Halloween Tradition

Posted on October 31, 2018December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Halloween for DirtNKids is an outdoor affair. Ring in the fall!

Posted in Animals, Family, Living, NatureTagged Autumn, Barred Owl, Camping, Coyote, Fall, Halloween, Jack-o-lantern, Pumpkin, Spider12 Comments

Gratitude And The Simple Act Of Camping

Posted on July 6, 2018August 29, 2018 by Shannon

Yard camping is just the best.

Posted in NatureTagged Camping, Gratitude, Northern Cardinal, Pileated woodpecker, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Summer, Tent, Top Posts36 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

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

Neo-tropic Migrants, State Testing, and Camp Banshees

Posted on April 3, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Enjoying March the best way we know how -- birding and camping in the yard.

Posted in Family, NatureTagged Barred Owl, Birding, Camping, Galveston Island, Great-tailed Grackle, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Parula, Redhead, San Luis Pass, Scissortail Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Willet, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron11 Comments

Shooting the Bird at Thanksgiving

Posted on December 1, 2014July 25, 2020 by Shannon

Shooting the bird at American tradition, figuratively -- and literally.

Posted in Birds, Children, Family, Nature, Vegan EthicTagged Birding, Black skimmer, Bolivar Flats, Camping, Creek, Galveston Island, Thanksgiving, Top Posts, Vegan, Veganism25 Comments

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