Here are links to all the Birdtober poems I wrote in October. It was fun! I hope to do it again next year!   Day 1: Plush-crested Jay Day 2:...

Day 31. I could write about a Burrowing Owl, which I've seen and loved, but I decided instead to write about the owl in my own yard here...

I love green birds. There's something so tropical about them. I haven't seen this species in a while, but I really enjoy them.  In t...

 Photo Source: eBird.com Roseate Spoonbill Bird of cotton candy pink. bending down to get a drink, using your bill like tongs in salad and s...

I had really hoped to see a Mosque Swallow during our recent trip to Lake Mburo because it was one of the likely birds listed. Unfortunately...

Today's calendar says "Artist's Choice," meaning that I have to choose what bird to write about. There are so many I could...

I'll never forget the day I first saw a Red-tailed Hawk. In Haiti they call them Malfini, though a bit of Googling suggests that the Mal...

Here are my Birdtober posts so far:   Week 1 (October 1-4): (Plush-crested Jay, American Robin, Mountain Bluebird, Giant Kingfisher) Week 2...

Today I'm back to birds I've seen. The American Goldfinch is quite common all over the United States, and it's bright and beauti...

Today's bird is another one I have never seen, though I would very much like to. eBird enthuses: "Incomparably beautiful songbird i...

So far this month, all my posts have been about birds I've seen. But one of the fun parts about Birdtober is learning about species I ha...

Today I'm cheating a little bit; this is a repost of Day Sixteen from Birdtober in 2021. This, the Vervain Hummingbird, was the first sp...

Today I'm using the Ugandan calendar. Instead of a roadrunner species, only occurring in North and Central America, my colleague substit...

On Friday, I went on a boat ride with a homeschool nature group run by a birding friend, and we saw some of these Pink-backed Pelicans, toda...