Collecting My Thoughts

  Remember when Joe Biden called a woman a lying dog-faced pony soldier in 2020? He wasn't sued because no one had a clue if his slur w...

1: a piece of armor for the head : HELMET 2: an anatomical structure (such as the horny outgrowth on the head of a cassowary) suggestive of ...

The calendar bird on my kitchen table today is a Splendid Fairywren. https://animalia.bio/aplendid-fairywren Isn't that a splendid name...

I've never made it a priority, but I thought it would be nice to know more about birds. God must have had such fun designing them. My fe...

It has been a delight to have Bill Thompson III ( Bird Watcher's Digest ) and wife Julie Zickefoose, artist, writer and naturalist, her...

I'm not bragging. It's a fact. We live in one of the prettiest condo complexes in all of metropolitan Columbus, with beautiful vist...

Purple Martins on June 30 Purple Martin house on Aug. 30 We have five Purple Martin houses at the end of our street. In June, they were a...

Bird Walk at Lakeside Can you believe it? I left my binoculars at the cottage! Oh well, it was still a great event. Our leader: "Bill...

4073 Ohio Birds and Biodiversity is the title of an interesting blog with some great photographs by Jim McCormac. Great photo of the papara...

3744 Crow droppings Have you ever lived in an area where the sky turns black on a sunny day and the grackles or blackbirds or crows desce...

3559 Robins who winter here When I was a girl growing up in Illinois, we always watched for the first robins as a sign of spring. Becaus...