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Backyard Birding: Prairie Warbler
Posted on October 2, 2014 1 Comment
I had a sweet Prairie Warbler in the yard yesterday who interacted with me quite playfully. He even hovered in front of me for a second, checking out my camera. He was too close for my long lens at that moment, but I still appreciated the gesture. 😉 You can click on the images to […]
Backyard Birding: September
Posted on September 23, 2014 Leave a Comment
This past weekend I headed out to Tall Cypress to see what fall migrants I could find. Saw a couple of Baltimore Orioles and a Worm-eating Warbler, but that was about it. My own backyard was buzzing when I got home though. I had a Cliff Swallow in a flock of Barn Swallows that flew […]
Gull Feather
Posted on June 19, 2014 Leave a Comment
Found on a beach in Central Florida. First one for my collection of birdy feathers!
Black-naped Oriole
Posted on May 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
The black-naped Oriole is found in many parts of Asia. Since I’ve not been to Asia, I snapped a couple of pictures of this yellow and black beauty in the aviary at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo houses two aviaries: the Scripps Aviary and the Owens Aviary, both filled with many exotic species from around the […]
Blue-gray Tanager
Posted on March 17, 2014 3 Comments
Every morning I was at the Pura Vida Spa in Costa Rica, I would get up at sunrise to listen to the dawn chorus. After an hour or so, I would walk over to this banana tree that had a bunch of over-ripe fruit. It attracted the wrens, the blue-crowned motmot (pics of him to […]
Spring is coming…
Posted on March 5, 2014 1 Comment
Just a little post for all those who’ve been having a long winter. Spring is coming! I promise! 😉
February Sketches
Posted on February 27, 2014 13 Comments
A page from my No Excuses Art Journal. A few birdy portraits! The Barn Owl is the only one I haven’t seen in the wild so I’m doing some active visualization and hoping the law of attraction works in my favor and I’ll add one to the life list soon! 😉 The Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed […]
White-winged Doves at Feeder
Posted on February 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
Are you all participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend? I did my count today, bird watching from my patio, under a blanket because it was cold down here in South Florida! I watched for 70 minutes and saw 20 species for a total of 64 individual birds. I counted 10 muscovy ducklings […]
Everglades Birding Festival
Posted on February 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Everglades Birding Festival. I ended up going on the South Dade Exotics and the Upper Keys Natural Adventure field trips. In those two days I saw 46 species and ticked off 9 new lifers! Although I don’t have pictures of everything I saw, here are my favorites: […]
Savannah Sparrows
Posted on January 13, 2014 2 Comments
This past weekend Lita and I went birding on Merritt Island. It was really windy and quite chilly. That made for a great opportunity to snap some Savannah Sparrows that were warming up in the parking area of Black Point. They let us get within a couple of feet so we got down on our […]
Girl Birder 
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