Dark-capped Night Heron juvenile on Mud Creek, Lake Winneconne, Wisconsin. September 14, 2022. My new bird of the week – Dark-crowned Night Heron. This is a juvenile. The coloring makes it almost camouflaged (probably to protect it while it is young). I didn’t even see it in the tree. Dave spotted it. Adult night herons…
My husband’s favorite bird is the grackle. He learned to love them from his nature-loving Grandma Bertha in Wisconsin, whom he adored. This morning while reading my morning devotionals on the front porch, I heard a lot of interesting bird sounds. I turned on Merlin and it identified the cry of a red shouldered hawk…
My husband and I went on a 3.5 hour canoe trip the last Friday in July, 2022. I’ve been taking a 45 Days to Awakening course with Dr. Jeffrey Martin and have noticed several shifts in myself as a result. On Friday’s trip down the West Chickamauga Creek, I seemed more connected and synced up…
I often see ospreys in Winneconne, Wisconsin, so I looked up osprey animal symbolism to see what this bird can teach us. Ospreys are a form of hawk. Like the hawk, osprey’s symbolize vision, skill, abundance and victory. Ospreys also represent peace of mind, harmony, and balance. Creatures that are black and white have a…
While in Winneconne, Wisconsin, I got some fun photos of sandhill cranes. This led me to look up the animal symbolism of sandhill cranes to see what they can teach me. Sandhill cranes mate for life. In most cultures, cranes represent good luck, wealth, prosperity, health, longevity, vigilance and loyalty. One exception is that Hindu…
Goldfinch are tiny bright yellow & black birds that eat seeds. They love thistle, cone flowers, coreopsis and live in flood plains. When you see goldfinch, here is what they symbolize.
I had an exquisite enlightening experience with my morning meditation today. It was the kind of experience that will leave me forever changed.
We have had Carolina Wrens nesting around our front porch for a few years now. A couple years ago, they built their nest in a toolbox my husband Dave had on the front porch. Last year, they built it in a canvas bag Dave left hanging on a chair on the porch. This year, they…
Around noon, Dave and I went for a walk to the creek. I carried along my camera and my notebook with the objective of sitting on what we call the Intention Rock by the creek. It’s a great place to center myself, ponder, and photograph birds. When we first entered the field, Dave pointed to…
I enjoy looking for patterns, so Sunday as I watched the birds from my back deck, I started thinking about what messages they may be conveying to me. Each bird is unique and has something to tell us. I thought it would be fun in this post to go through the birds I photographed on…
