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Monday, October 31, 2022

Birdtober: Links to all the poems, 2022!

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  In this post you can find links to all my Birdtober content from 2022, all 31 days of it! 1: Rooster 2:  Campo Flicker 3: Macaroni Penguin...
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Birdtober Day Thirty-One: Barn Owl

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  Photo Source: eBird.com Rafters of old barns Inside of a hollow tree Owls stay warm and dry ©Ruth Bowen Hersey   Here's a site with l...
Sunday, October 30, 2022

Birdtober Day Thirty: Egyptian Vulture

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  Photo Source: eBird.com   There's so much fascinating information about this bird at  this link , much more than I could fit in my poe...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty-Nine: Shoebill

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    Photo Source: TripAdvisor.com, Mamamba Swamp Shoebill Bird Watching Last year, the Birdtober prompts allowed for an Artist's Choice ...
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Poetry Friday: Birdtober Day Twenty-Eight: White-browed Tit-Warbler

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  Photo Source: eBird.com I learned that the sophiae in this bird's scientific name could come from the wife of the Russian ornithologis...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty-Seven: Golden Oriole

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 Photo Source: eBird.com Pictured is the African Golden Oriole, which I haven't seen ... or have I? Flummoxed by Weavers, I find myself ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty-Six: Myna

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  Photo Source: eBird.com There are several species of mynas; the word is a Sanskrit one. I chose the Great Myna to illustrate here, but my ...
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Monday, October 24, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty-Five: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

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Source: https://www.audubon-prints.com/product/yellow-crowned-night-heron/ In January I birded with my son in Florida, and two times we saw ...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty-Four: Bullfinch

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  Photo Source: eBird.com EBird lists fourteen species of bullfinches, but I chose this one because I saw it in Haiti. It wasn't a regul...

Birdtober Day Twenty-Three: Eurasian Jay

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  Photo Source: eBird.com From crow family But spiffier than most; dressed By haberdasher.   ©Ruth Bowen Hersey
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty-Two: Lovebird

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  Photo Source: eBird.com There are nine species of lovebirds on eBird. I chose this one, the Red-headed Lovebird, because it lives where I ...
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Friday, October 21, 2022

Poetry Friday: Birdtober Day Twenty-One: Kakapo

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  Photo Source: eBird.com I am posting late today; Friday is almost over where I am. We have the week off work and rather than posting about...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Birdtober Day Twenty: Cerulean Warbler

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 Photo Source: eBird.com I've tried to see the Cerulean Warbler in the US, and have never been successful yet. I wonder if I ever will. ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Birdtober Day Nineteen: Black Cockatoo

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   Photo Source: eBird.com   There are five species of Black-Cockatoo, all Australian birds. The one in the picture is a Red-tailed Black-Co...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Birdtober Day Eighteen: Snow Bunting

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  Photo Source: eBird.com   Flying through darkness, Snow Buntings, drawn like magnets, Seek tundra, seek home.   ©Ruth Bowen Hersey        
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Birdtober Day Seventeen: Spix's Macaw

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    The Spix's Macaw was too beautiful for its own good. Well, it still is. There are about 180 of them left alive, all in captivity. Th...
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Saturday, October 15, 2022

Birdtober Day Sixteen: Lapwing

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There are four lapwing species on my Life List: Northern, Southern, Spur-winged, and Wattled. I was especially happy to meet the third and f...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Birdtober Day Fifteen: Avocet

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  There are four species of avocets. The Pied Avocet is on the emblem of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).  See that upt...
Thursday, October 13, 2022

Poetry Friday: Birdtober Day Fourteen: Philippine Eagle

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Photo Source: eBird.com   Today's prompt bird, the Philippine Eagle, is one of the most endangered and rarest birds of prey. It has some...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Birdtober Day Thirteen: Turtle-Dove

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When you search "Turtle-Dove" on eBird, seven species come up. There's the Mauritius, Rodrigues, European, Dusky, Adamawa, Ori...
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I've been privileged to live in three of the world's great cities (Nairobi, Port-au-Prince and Asunción, Paraguay) as well as spending time in many others (including nine weeks in Paris as a college student). I just moved to a new city: Kampala, Uganda. I've also lived in smaller towns in three countries. In all of those places there have been difficult days, but I've never found a city or town yet where God is not, and I don't anticipate finding one in the future, either. The name of my blog comes from the song "Love is Always There," by Carolyn Arends.
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