Category Archives: Birds

Unless you have wings and/or feathers…

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

1 March, 2020 Unless you have wings and/or feathers… …you’d better not be stealing Turner’s bird seed! The birds drop lots of seeds on the ground. Rather than letting them go to waste, Turner eats … Continue reading →

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Owls travel a quarter of the way around the sun

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

23 February, 2020 Owls travel a quarter of the way around the sun I’m open to people’s interpretations for why this might have happened. This week I observed a natural phenomenon and I find it … Continue reading →

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Happy to be outdoors

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

16 February, 2020 Happy to be outdoors I’m reading a book by Florence Williams called The Nature Fix – Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative. Here’s the book cover: Although that’s not … Continue reading →

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“2/2 x 2” or “Spoiled by owls”

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

2 February, 2020 “2/2 x 2” or “Spoiled by owls” But first, a Great Blue Heron we spotted on our way to Pony Pasture this morning: Today is “2/2 #1” and fourteen years ago today … Continue reading →

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No prescription necessary

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

26 January, 2020 No prescription necessary I began this week anxious but my anxiety vanished in an instant when I focused on this beauty at Pony Pasture: Being out there in the woods looking at … Continue reading →

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We’ll floss that bridge when we come to it

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

19 January, 2020 We’ll floss that bridge when we come to it For the eighth consecutive week I was able to photograph these owls. I wish I’d gotten a better image but this is what’s … Continue reading →

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Symmetry

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

12 January, 2020 Symmetry It’s possible “symmetry” is not what my niece was implying – but that’s the way I interpreted it. Last week I sent her a picture of Mackey and Turner on a … Continue reading →

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People are so warm-hearted

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Jay McLaughlin

5 January, 2020 People are so warm-hearted I had an unusually moving experience this week at Five Guys (who even knew?). I described it in a little blurb about it at the bottom of this … Continue reading →

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I love my family

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Jay McLaughlin

29 December, 2019 I love my family The names of the people in that picture – I’ll let you try to match up faces – are Katie, Sheila, Kevin, Shane, Jay, Jenny, Kristin, Evelyn, Jim, … Continue reading →

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When all else fails…

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Jay McLaughlin

8 December, 2019 When all else fails… …open up with a lucky catch on a bluebird: I could probably set up my camera somehow to make that happen. But I don’t know how to do … Continue reading →

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