The color of birds
A few weeks ago, Bob and I walked the Greenway in Clarkesville, binoculars in hand, hoping to see a few new birds. We actually...
Intentional Birding
For the first time, we are planning trips for 2021 to give us opportunities to see new birds (“lifers”) and to see again the...
No longer a rookie?
I began this series a few months after I began birding. I was truly a rookie birder. I’ve passed the nine-month point and we’ve...
In the face of civil unrest, local pastors offer hope
Americans have watched stunned as the security of our national capitol was breached and protestors forcefully entered. In our lifetimes–no matter how old you...
Start over and continue on
When I started birding, I would write down the birds I could identify. I remember sitting on a friend’s back deck, binoculars in hand,...
Celebrating the birds of 2020
We’ve been thinking back on our first calendar year of birding and have begun planning our birding trips for next year. We’ve been at...
What I want for Christmas
When I started birding this year, I experienced the unexpected. I began to look at the world around me differently. I hope that I’ve...
Digging deep
While camping with my uncle and aunt, we spent our days out exploring the area and searching for birds. Two of us pushed to...
Stages of Development
I recently read an article in Birds&Blooms about the stages a bird goes through in life. I ask my birding friend Craig Taylor to send me...
I’m grateful!
Last Sunday, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise. The sun glimmered off the tree limbs that had lost their leaves. The evergreens' color...
Area volunteers contribute more than 10K gift boxes to Operation Christmas Child
Ann Peterson, volunteer coordinator the Church Relations Team for Northeast Georgia for Operation Christmas Child (OCC), announced that 10,678 shoeboxes have now been sent so...
Old friends
Our bird feeder was down for a couple of weeks and then it took several days for the birds to find it again. When...