If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
On Sunday, I met with members of the Front Range Nature Journaling club at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science so we could spend time drawing whatever interested us. I'm still fairly new to nature journaling field trips, so it's not surprising that I learned (or was reminded) of important things about nature journaling... Continue Reading →
Christmas has come and gone, but I am still making more ornaments for my Advent Calendar Project. After warming up with stars, I tried a couple of birds. While I hope to do more in the future, these were hard enough that I listened to my own advice, and went back to simpler shapes to... 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 →
Last spring, we moved from a house by the prairie to a house on the lake. It's only three miles door-to-door, so I didn't think the change would affect my birding much. But location matters to the birds as much as it does to us, maybe even more. Living on a lake naturally means that... Continue Reading →
Our new house is on a lake, and it is turning out to be a bird watching paradise. We live on the plains in Colorado, so the water is a wildlife magnet. I see more species of birds while eating breakfast than I used to see on an hour-long prairie walk. Whenever I pass a... Continue Reading →
