Taking Time To Shoot The Birds

“Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.” ~ Roger Tory Peterson

Sunshine And Water

‘Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.’ ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo

Local Birding: Resetting The Love

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” ~ Norman Maclean

Big Bend Birding: Off The Grid

“In order to see birds, it is necessary to become part of the silence.” ~ Robert Lynd

Skunked. By a Blackbird. (Twice.)

“I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.” ~ Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Birding Here, Birding There, Birds and Babies Everywhere

“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.” ~ John Muir

321 Birding Year: Luck and Lifers

“Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.” ~ Stephen Hawking

Missed Moments: A Whirlwind 2017 … In Forgotten Pictures

“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and softly sit upon your shoulder.” ~ The Daily Crescent (1848)

Colorado Springs Break

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ~ John Muir

Belted Kingfisher: Bold Arrival (Sound!)

“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.” ~ Henry Rollins