Category Archives: BWIAB

April in NW Ohio

Posted on April 9, 2016 by

Life has been pretty busy for me lately, as evidenced by my lack of posts here on the blog. I’m sort of frustrated that I’m losing touch with some of my regular readers because I just don’t have time to … Continue reading →

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Intimacy in the Parking Lot

Posted on May 18, 2015 by

I got home yesterday afternoon and am probably going to need a couple days to recuperate from all the excitement at the Biggest Week in American Birding. This year’s festival was the best yet, and I have lots of photos … Continue reading →

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Here’s lookin’ at you, kid

Posted on May 11, 2015 by

I’m seeing lots of amazing things at the Biggest Week in American Birding, but can only show you this for now. I took a series of photos of this Great Blue Heron as he caught and ate a huge fish. … Continue reading →

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I’ve Got Swamp Fever

Posted on May 3, 2015 by

In the early 1800s, a large part of northwestern Ohio was an impenetrable swamp, inhabited only by a small number of Indians and a few hardy settlers. Somewhere along the way this 12-county area became known as the Great Black … Continue reading →

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The Trickle Before the Flood

Posted on April 20, 2015 by

Well, the first few warbler species have started showing up in southeast Michigan this month. So far we have Yellow-rumped, Pine, Black-throated Green, Palm, Yellow, and Yellow-throated Warblers, as well as Common Yellowthroats. That might look like a lot for … Continue reading →

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Dare I Show You My Nature Drawings?

Posted on May 25, 2014 by

I guess I do dare, because that’s what I’m getting ready to do. In order to go through with this public display of my first sketching attempts, I’m repeating over and over in my head, “Silence your inner critic!” in … Continue reading →

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Full-Frame Warbler Action on the Boardwalk!

Posted on May 6, 2014 by

I didn’t expect to be posting already on our first day at the Biggest Week in American Birding but we had such an extraordinary experience in only 90 minutes on the Magee Marsh boardwalk this afternoon that I just had … Continue reading →

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The Ties That Bind

Posted on April 28, 2014 by

If your education was like mine, at some point in elementary school you were taught that birds migrate south in the winter.  “South” was usually assumed to mean Florida. In fact, a woman I met recently told me that she … Continue reading →

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