Tag Archives: birds

Wait… is that another roadrunner???

Posted on January 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Why yes, yes it is. My wife and I spotted that one in a parking lot near Palm Springs in California when we stopped on the way home from Sedona to get a bite to eat. I don’t know what … Continue reading →

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And sometimes, life is all just about getting poked with a stick…

Posted on January 3, 2016 by pouringmyartout

While we were in the Bay Area for the holidays, we went and saw our Godson, Willie, and his parents, in San Francisco. Willie’s mom was organizing volunteers for another beach cleanup, a thing she is very active in. In the … Continue reading →

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And don’t forget to sing a few Christmas songs…

Posted on December 19, 2015 by pouringmyartout

You know… when you are flocking together with the ones you love…

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Ben Franklin wanted to make the turkey our national bird…

Posted on December 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I think I mentioned that fact in one of my posts where I was telling you about our adventure with the bald eagles. I am not saying that the turkey is not a noble bird… but it would be a … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… the final chapter…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Even if you aren’t one of the people who find birds interesting, surely that picture, taken by my daughter Mollie, of a bald eagle taking flight, will make something stir inside you. That being said, I seem to recall that … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 7…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I saw a bald eagle! This is the very first time I have ever seen one in the wild, even though I have lived in America all my life. They are big birds, but they aren’t easy to spot. The … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 6…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Now, in our continuing story of our holiday camping adventure, we come to the majestic love dance of the western grebe. Grebes are adorable little water birds with bright red eyes. When they aren’t looking for food, they are looking … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 5…

Posted on November 30, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So, I know that most of you probably don’t give much of a crap about birds one way or the other… My mom got me interested in bird watching. I saw a cool bird near her house when we were … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 4…

Posted on November 30, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Here is another of my weird bird experiences on our camping adventure over the Thanksgiving holiday. There was this little scrub jay sitting on a fence. I just kept walking slowly closer and closer to it. He let me get … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 3…

Posted on November 29, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So… yeah… back to my weird bird adventures… We went camping over the holiday week, to be near my wife’s aunt up in Solvang. You should Google Solvang. It is an adorable little Scandinavian town. They passed a law that … Continue reading →

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