As a beginner birder (birdwatcher if you want to get technical) I find it hard to identify birds just by checking with a drawing and description in a field guide. I prefer pictures. But the more advanced birders seem to like the drawings better. The more advanced birder you are, the more […]

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Can you say exciting?!! It is so great to be out of winter here in Erie. This weekend is the Allegany Nature Pilgrimage in New York State and I’m so looking forward to meeting new people (especially the bird and nature bloggers) and seeing some again that I’ve already met. I look […]

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Sunday afternoon we hiked a path at Oil Creek. I was looking up at the tree canopy looking for birds when my husband said, “Stop! Take 5 steps forward, stop and turn around.” I did it. I thought maybe there was a bird he wanted me to see. But instead it […]

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