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Birds and words… part 7…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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Birds and words… part 1…

So… uh… I told you I have had some crazy bird-related adventures this week, right? I will tell you more about the camping and the Thanksgiving part of the adventure as we go, but let’s start with these birds. We made … Continue reading

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I had another awesome bird day!!!

Wait… sorry… I am being confusing again. I don’t mean Thanksgiving was awesome… although it was… I mean I had another awesome day involving birds that were still alive. We have been camping for the last 5 days, in case … Continue reading

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That last post might have confused you…

When I said I had a cool bird day, I didn’t mean Thanksgiving… Yesterday wasn’t Thanksgiving…Today is Thanksgiving. But yesterday I had two separate adventures involving birds… Live birds… And I have photos… Which I will share soon. So it … Continue reading

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We went camping… part 2… (or); okay, I feel bad about the insect porn…

So here are some cute pictures of birds… These two geese never strayed far from each other. It was really sort of adorable. I don’t know what’s going on there. There was a lot going on at the lake, that’s … Continue reading

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Okay, I am back from visiting my mom in the Bay Area and… awwwwwwwwwwww… baby swans!!!

Yes, we took a little trip North to the Bay Area… (mostly for Willie’s third birthday, but don’t tell my mom that)… And I have tons of pictures to share… of the party, and cute babies, and some awesome art … Continue reading

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