Life, Birding, Photos and Everything

Winter arrived with a vengeance last week, when the temperature dropped by some 35 degrees overnight in the midst of high winds and rain. O...

The birding has been so great all Spring and Summer, with my new camera, I had forgotten the joys of birding in the Autumn and Winter. The...

The Falls of the Ohio are always an adventure in time travel. This weekend we didn't go back millions of years but only 200 years. Nov ...

Since our return from a successful birding trip to Virginia, we haven't had a lot of luck in our birding endeavors. A trip to the Audub...

One of my favorite old video clips from the Internet is about cat herding. The "catboys" are on horseback trying to drive a herd ...

We have long known that women go through a Change of Life when they reach a certain age. Traditionally, we expect them to become moody, bur...

Raptors are among my favorite birds to watch. They are regal and so graceful as they soar through the air. We make a trip each January to W...

Last week was a new vacation adventure spent birding and staying in an RV at Kiptopeke State Park on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Kiptope...

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Carl Sandburg In t...

The problem with bird photography at the Falls of the Ohio is the distance involved. The best shore birds are found about half a mile acros...

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...