Category: Images

Taking Care of Wifie

I was fortunate to film this handsome Eastern Bluebird taking snacks to his mate who is setting on eggs! This is the first Bluebird pair that I’ve filmed this Season. I have found eggs in two other houses and the start of a nest… Continue Reading “Taking Care of Wifie”

Grumpy Start to the Season

It’s Spring and that means that many wild birds that spent their winter somewhere warm and tropical, are headed back to spend the summer breeding season up north. The tracking of migrating birds is a big deal for ornithologist around the globe. Some species… Continue Reading “Grumpy Start to the Season”

Don’t Be A Stick In The Mud – Or Do!

Around mid-February Robert and I took advantage of a sunny day with temps above freezing to do a bit of tree pruning. We didn’t get around to it last year, except for the fruit trees, so we drove around in the golf cart visiting… Continue Reading “Don’t Be A Stick In The Mud – Or Do!”

Farm Gone Wild

There’s an unfinished book in my “BOOKS & WRITING” folder on my computer. It is titled Farm Gone Wild. It’s the story of how, over the past 10+ years, I have watched and even encouraged Mother Nature to grace our acreage with her charms… Continue Reading “Farm Gone Wild”

Building A Better Bird House

About a decade ago we graciously accepted Mother Nature’s bit to assume control of our farm in rural Illinois.  After raising sheep for years, we retired from competitive herding trials with our Border Collies.  We sold the sheep and turned our efforts to training… Continue Reading “Building A Better Bird House”

Sunny Sunday

I’m so happy to share this video of a Northern Harrier hunting over our pasture. I got some marginal photos of a male Harrier in the same field earlier last week, which I posted. But, they just didn’t do it justice. This is a… Continue Reading “Sunny Sunday”

Not Exactly Perfect

For the past couple of weeks, just around 2:00 PM, I see it. At first, it’s just a glint of white moving quickly across the pasture that stands behind my yard and the pond meadow – a good 700 feet from where I sit… Continue Reading “Not Exactly Perfect”

Little Acrobats

I encountered a small group of Carolina Chickadees that were busy taking advantage of last Autumn’s spoils. Their capacity to hang up-side-down to extract the seeds from the spent weeds (aka wildflowers), made me smile. Here are photos of a couple of other birds… Continue Reading “Little Acrobats”

Rustic Winter Images

Late afternoon clouds obscure the low hanging sun yet, still there are moments to capture which present the solitude and tranquility around me. First photo shows a Dark-eyed Junco perched on an old barbed-wire fence, a rusty post and a single holdout stalk of… Continue Reading “Rustic Winter Images”

Look-Back Discovery

While looking for a picture I had taken in the past but had no recollection where it might be, I was searching through old folders of photos. Had I known back in 2020 that I would quickly become an avid backyard birder, I would… Continue Reading “Look-Back Discovery”