Life, Birding, Photos and Everything

One expects to see large birds on an Eagles Weekend and the Bald Eagles and Snow Geese certainly meet that expectation. However, by walking ...

Even on a gray, blustery day in January, the Ballard Wildlife Management Area teems with life. Near Bandana, KY, about 30 miles west of Pa...

The American Bald Eagle was nearing extinction 35 years ago. Now they have recovered to the point where they are being removed from the Thre...

The only constant in life is change . While surfing the web one day, I wandered to the National Zoo site, and found an article called ...

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...