Life, Birding, Photos and Everything

My husband volunteers at Bernheim Forest near Louisville, and relishes his time spent there, as I do my time at the Falls of the Ohio. Sund...

A flowing river changes the land through which it flows. Sometimes it brings soil to enrich the farmer's fields, enabling the developmen...

When I was a child, the summer seemed endless, beginning officially on Memorial Day, and continuing through at least mid-September. Septemb...

Every birder I know, every bird web site I read, wails about squirrels and how they eat up all the feed put out for the birds. Personally, ...

Look! Out in the yard! Is it a butterfly? Is it a giant bumble bee? Is it a (gasp) hummingbird, at long last? No matter how early in the ...

Forest Gump was famous for his Mama saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get." That's tru...

To many people, I am sure the vulture is not a bird to be appreciated. After all, they eat carrion. They are a sign of death and decay. I m...

Saturday I walked around at the Falls of the Ohio to see what birds were out and about. The Corps of Engineers had opened all the gates in t...

I like watching and identifying big birds because I can see their characteristics easily. Those DLBs (Darn Little Birds) are another stor...

When we think about birding, we usually mean “birdwatching,” that is, looking at birds to identify them. However, many birds, especially th...

One of the most easily identified birds we see at the Falls of the Ohio, near Louisville, KY, is the Great Browntailed UPS bird. This large...

I haven't posted for a while, because my computer's hard drive died. Fortunately, Photoshop had reminded me to backup all my pictur...

The Army Corps of Engineers opens and closes the gates in the McAlpine Dam for navigation purposes. You never know from day to day how muc...

Everyone knows about National Parks. They are wonderful places, but everyone knows about them. The Grand Canyon was great on Christmas Eve...

Saturday was an exciting time at the Falls of the Ohio State Park . I have been watching ospreys there for quite a while. Last summer we saw...

Hello World. I have been browsing others' blogs on birds and photography, and for some strange reason, felt the urge to start my own....