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Category Archives: Birds
Dork Alert – Galápagos, Part 4
Maybe I should have titled this, “Birder True Confessions,” because I’m going to admit to some embarrassing things that happened on this trip. The first is that I sometimes get excited about birds that other people don’t. I wrote about … Continue reading
Penguins and More – Galápagos, Part 3
On the morning of March 12, the ship anchored off the coast of Isabela Island near Elizabeth Bay. We piled into the zodiacs in groups of about 15 people, and headed off to explore the beautiful and peaceful mangrove lagoon. … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Insects, Travel
Tagged conservation, cormorant, endemic, flightless, Galápagos, lagoon, odonata, penguin, Travel, turtle
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Pirates of the Sky – Galápagos, Part 2
In my first post about the Galápagos trip, I showed you photos of the beloved and iconic blue-footed boobies. Most of those images were made on North Seymour, a small island that’s host to large colonies of the boobies as … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged birds, booby, frigatebird, Galápagos, kleptoparasitism, North Seymour
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And…We’re Back – Galápagos, Part 1
Well, that went by quickly, didn’t it? The anticipation of the Galápagos trip lasted for months, and then it was all over in a flash. I’m editing hundreds of photos and struggling with how to write about it. There were … Continue reading
Monday Blues are Fake News
I don’t keep my bird feeders out in the summer, but I do feed in the winter. With all the recent snowstorms, I’ve been putting extra nuts and seeds out in the yard to help the birds survive the extreme … Continue reading
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Quick, Make Like a Statue!
I’ve got an interesting series of photos to show you today, sort of a follow up to my recent post titled The Hunter and the Hunted. The other day I glanced out the kitchen window and saw a red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta … Continue reading
Focus on Yard Birds
When I started birdwatching, my photos were almost exclusively shots of birds on feeders in my yard. When I began to venture out for birding at places away from home, I gradually got better at taking photos of birds in … Continue reading
The Hunter and the Hunted
There’s been a young Cooper’s hawk frequenting my yard recently. I see this species in my neighborhood throughout the year, but their visits become more frequent in the winter when I have the bird feeders out. An active bird feeder … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged accipter, Cooper's Hawk, hawk, house sparrow, hunter, predation, predator, prey, sparrow
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Finding the Joy, Redux
I’ve written here before about how birds helped me discover a love and appreciation for the natural world rather late in life. They gave me years of enjoyment and also led me to my current passions for native plants, dragonflies, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged buteo lineatus, Christmas Bird Count, melospiza melodia, mimus polyglottos, Ohio, sialia sialis
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Seeing What You Want to See
A few weeks ago I went up to Michigan with my friend Tracy to see the Sandhill Cranes during their annual migration. We spent two days in the Jackson area, roaming the rural roads around Haehnle Sanctuary. Many of the … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Migration
Tagged Aix sponsa, Antigone canadensis, birds, Eastern Meadowlark, expectations, mindfulness, mistakes, Sandhill Crane, Wood Duck
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