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A new bird watcher!

Things that prompt people to start bird watching are always wonderful stories.  When we were at the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival I met a new bird watcher.  You can usually tell “newbies” by the way they stand a little back from the booth and have puzzled look on their faces.  Some don’t know that there is [...]

Ya Just Never Know

One of the things I love about birding is that you just never know what you are going to see or where.  Every day is a wonderful mystery.

Today, Nancy and I woke up, filled the coffee mugs and sat down in our recliners overlooking our bird feeders.  As usual, a group of about 15 Gambel’s [...]

A warm welcome

As the headlights hit the “Slow Turtle” sign on our gate, we knew we were home.  We had visited with Tom’s parents and my parents, spoiled all the grandchildren and had a great time.  But as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz says “There is no place like home.”

This morning we filled our coffee mugs and [...]