Lord of Birds, please make me a better birder. Where there are birds, let me find them, Where there is birdsong, let me hear it, Where there is a nest, let me shield it, Where birds are hungry, let me feed them, Where they are in danger, let me protect them. To enlarge a photo, … Continue reading A Birder’s Prayer
During a time when the health of the planet, of humanity, and of democracies is under threat it takes great effort not to give in to hopelessness. Recent events have made me (want to) turn off radio, television, and computer to avoid exposure to some of the basest human nature and to prevent me from … Continue reading Counting My Blessings
The combination of the colors black and white is considered elegant and classy, not only with regard to fashion, but also when it comes to feather arrangements, as many posts by fellow bird-loving bloggers attest. When I assembled my avian portraits a few months back, my only intention was to share a selection of Colorado’s … Continue reading Black-and-White Birds
If you were raised in an Anglophone country and are of a certain age, chances are you became familiar with the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme while growing up. As I grew up in Germany for the first two decades of my life, I didn’t. When and where I first heard the poem I don’t recall, … Continue reading Humpty Dumpty
Meetings with animals wild and tame make me happy. And while birds touch my soul most profoundly, I'm always grateful for opportunities to observe and photograph other creatures. All of the following pictures were taken this summer, except for the last one. I had to chuckle when I came across these slightly uncommon pets: not … Continue reading Animal Encounters
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