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I hope you’re enjoying your summer — although that heatwave was brutal! But hey, it’s summer, right? Personally, I’ll take a blizzard and zero degrees over a hot and humid day any day of the week (which is why you’ll rarely hear me complain about winter!). I’ve been getting my bird on as much as I can. Many of you know that I deal with chronic pain on a daily basis, so it's sometimes tough to get out there, but honestly, nature is what gives me hope and strength! I've leaned

Veery, gifting me with his beautiful, ethereal song at the Bashakill. There are excellent ecological and economic reasons why birds are important to humans (which I will talk about in another post). But there is a more profound reason why we should all care about birds, and it has nothing to do with their “dollar” value. Simply put, it’s how they make us feel. To start, birds are beautiful and incredibly cool! But wait! There's more: birds are talented architects and entertai

Scarlet Tanager: One of the species I saw during my first birding outing. So… a little background on how I became enamored with birds. Let’s put it this way: my memoir is going to be titled “Talk Birdy to Me: How One Woman’s Life Was Changed by Birds.” But I’m jumping ahead—let’s go back to the beginning of this journey. Believe it or not, I did not always respect birds. I’ve always been an animal lover—since I was five, when I wanted to marry Marlin Perkins and live in Afri