May 2008 Blog Posts (6)

The sequence of discovery is simple in nature

Kevin J. Cook -- May 25, 2008
The Coloradoan (Fort Collins)

To learn. To see. To hear. To smell. To experience. To know.

This sequence brings life from the darkness of anonymity into the lightness of understanding. It is a sequence that draws you into the richness of life and living.

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Added by Gary Lefko on May 30, 2008 at 1:29pm — No Comments

western wood pewees

The western wood pewees have finally returned.
I have been waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting.
The first time I hear them every May
is such a special moment.
I hope they nest right
outside my bedroom
window so I can
hear them
every
AM.

Added by zoe ann nishimuta on May 28, 2008 at 5:48pm — No Comments

A New Obsession

It all started with used guide book from the library book sale.

We have just moved to a home with a good-sized backyard and some actual trees (Highlands Ranch is not exactly known for its treed yards) that were already visited by some birds. We had two feeders that I filled and put out by the windows, hoping that the kids and I could get to see a few birds in action. Well, next we needed binoculars...then a couple more feeders...a second field guide...notebooks...a hummingbird… Continue

Added by Katherine on May 22, 2008 at 3:34pm — 3 Comments

Birds in the natural world

As I grow in my birding, and learn how to watch them...I am more and more interested in photographing them in the natural world and not at my feeders. Still, I have neither the equipment nor the knowledge really, in where to find them...to do much else. Yet.

I discuss this and other issues in my blog. The folks who can catch an image in a bush or on a beach just astound me. Good birding!!!

Added by Beverly on May 18, 2008 at 6:05pm — 3 Comments