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…
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…
Today’s our new bird at the feeder was a male house finch. You can tell he’s male because of the red markings. The females are primarily gray. Finches, in general, symbolize happiness and energetic times ahead. This is because they come in a variety of bright colors – yellow, red, purple. Finches also represent adaptability,…
Nature Melody combining field sparrow song with relaxing calm piano, optimized for the root chakra to provide peace, security and stability. The other day I was sitting out by The Old Woman of the Woods (a pre-Civil War oak on our property bordering the Chickamauga Battlefield National Park). I heard a beautiful songbird and discovered,…
Great blue herons fly over our property frequently because it’s bordered by the West Chickamauga Creek. We also have flooding occasionally that transforms the lowlands of our property into a lake. We basically have a moat that comes up a few times a year. In fact, our moat was up within the last week. Great…
In Native American Lore, if you were born between December 22 – January 19, the Goose is considered your Birth Animal and the Woodpecker is considered your Polarity Animal. If you were born between June 22 – July 21, the Goose is your Polarity Animal and the Woodpecker is your Birth Animal. Canada Geese are fun…
Have you ever been so focused on one thing that you missed seeing opportunities or items that were right under your nose? I do this standing in our cluttered pantry. I expect it to be hard to find the molasses, for example, so it is. I give up for a while, come back later, and…
Monday, February 21, 2022 was the last day of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Since it rained in the afternoon, we only went out from 11:24 am – 12:30 pm. It was a very overcast day. The thing I learned was that I can’t get very good photos on an overcast day. Without the light,…
Sunday – February 20, 2022 was Day 3 of the Great Backyard Bird Count. I did one long session from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in our field in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia. Here are the birds we counted: Mourning Dove – 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker – 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1 Female Carolina Wren –…
Saturday – February 19, 2022 is Day 2 of the Great Backyard Bird Count. We did 6 different eBird checklists today in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia. We covered backroads from one side of Ringgold to the other. We spotted 21 different species of birds. I learned the hard way that any more than 2 checklists…
