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Once In A Lifetime: Super Blue Blood Moon

Posted on January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Shannon
The moon in earth's umbra.

'We ran as if to meet the moon.' We caught it!

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Full moon, Lunar eclipse, Photography, Super Blue Blood Moon12 Comments

Out With The Wiggles: Monument Valley and Horseshoe Bend

Posted on June 25, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Kids get their wiggles (and try not to kill each other) on the long drive to the Grand Canyon.

Posted in Family, Living, NatureTagged Dust devil, Four Corners, Geology, Horseshoe Bend, Monument Valley, Nature photography, NP Tour 2017, Owl Rock, Photography, Sunny 1612 Comments

Spring Migration: When Birds Give You Butts

Posted on April 25, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon

My bird photos aren't always that great, ya know.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Baltimore Oriole, Birding, Black-whiskered Vireo, Migration, Nature photography, Photography, Spring, Summer Tanager15 Comments

Wishing and Hoping: Blue-headed Vireo (Sound!)

Posted on April 24, 2017August 30, 2017 by Shannon

Wishes can come true...with a lot thought and planning.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Backyard, Barred Owl, Birding, Blue-headed Vireo, Nature photography, Photography, Soundcloud, Top Posts, Wishing, Yardbirds5 Comments

An Explanation

Posted on February 28, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Everything has a natural explanation...

Posted in NatureTagged Nature photography, Photography, Sunset9 Comments

Bolivar Flats Feathered Darlings

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

A photos-only post of pretty faces with feathers from the coast.

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged 17th Street Jetty, American Golden-plover, American White Pelican, Black-necked Stilt, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Nature photography, Nelson's Sparrow, Photography, Reddish Egret, Ring-billed Gull, Ruddy turnstone, Snowy Egret, Snowy plover11 Comments

Nature Therapy: Wild Goose Chase

Posted on November 13, 2016November 29, 2020 by Shannon

A break from the madness, we return to nature to heal our spirits and to chase some birds.

Posted in Birds, Family, Insects, Nature, ReptilesTagged Anahuac NWR, Bald Cypress, Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Double-crested cormorant, Marsh wren, Photography, Praying Mantis, Rat snake, Red-tailed Hawk, Sandhill Crane3 Comments

Right Place, Right Time: Evening Woodies

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

Another lucky evening with the prettiest duck of them all.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Creek, Photography, Wood duck, Yardbirds, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker5 Comments

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

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

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