If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
One of the fun things we got to see back in November were dinosaur tracks. While I am a dinosaur fan, I find it hard to imagine what dinosaurs looked like from their bones. Bird skeletons have taught me that predicting an organism's shape from its skeleton is tricky. Seeing their footprints, however, helped bring... Continue Reading →
While I've been interested in nature journaling for years, I've struggled to develop a good journaling habit. I am lucky enough to live on a lake, which seems like an ideal place to observe nature. But in fact, most of the birds and animals I see are so far away it's hard to make out... Continue Reading →
On December 29th, there were thirteen bald eagles in sight all at once, the most I'd seen on the lake at the time. Excited by the high numbers, I posted about it on Facebook. A friend asked if I was sending my data in to eBird, and I had to confess I wasn't. Bald eagles... Continue Reading →
On our trip to Utah, I made a point of drawing daily. But my real goal was to journal about the natural world. Inspired by The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling, I made an effort to more closely observe my surroundings and to ask questions about what I saw. I found myself looking... Continue Reading →
My health has held me back lately, keeping me indoors when I'd like to be getting outside. We've also had some intensely windy days plus the usual bitter winter weather. I wrote about birding indoors in 2018 and decided to update my suggestion list to help myself keep birding despite these limitations. 1) Watch from... Continue Reading →