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Migrant of the Week 4/15--4/21 2012
Today, April 15, the American Birding Association's Young Birder of the Year contest starts! To find details (and to see the winners of last year's) click here. To celebrate, I have chosen for this...
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Happy Earth Day!
It's Earth Day! And it's also my brother's 9th birthday. We like to call it his "Earth Day Birthday". :) He's in an extremely good mood, as he received about a million Legos.You may be wondering why I...
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Birthday Birding!
I have had a very busy but enjoyable week! I turned 13 on Wednesday, and (since it was my birthday and my mom had to give in) we went on a trip to Lichterman Nature Center in Memphis, TN....
View ArticleNew Post on The Eyrie!
Just a quick post to tell you that there is a post on the ABA's Young Birder Blog, "The Eyrie", written by me! Here's the...
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A Birding Update
Saturday, May 12, was International Migratory Bird Day. The Memphis chapter of the TN Ornithological Society (of which I am a member) hosted a Shelby county Migratory Bird Count, but I was unable to...
View ArticleThe Yellow-crowned Night Herons of Midtown Memphis
Wednesday night my dad and I went to the last meeting of the Memphis chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society (MTOS) until September. It was the first one I've been to, despite having been a...
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Drawing Birds
Lately, I've been trying to work on my drawing skills. I want to start slow, with what I'm comfortable drawing. Birds are often the subject of my drawings, so I decided to start with them. I'm best at...
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Shaw Nature Reserve
I'm aware that I haven't posted in almost a month, and I am SO sorry! I've been extremely busy, what with summer camps and preparing for next school year. My family spent the most of the first week of...
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To St. Louis...and Beyond!
As I mentioned in my most recent post, my family kicked summer off with 5 awesome days of exploring St. Louis, Missouri! Well, kind of re-exploring. We used to live there about seven years ago, and...
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High Summer
Well, it's definitely summer now. The temperature has been in the hundreds all week, and we're down 13 inches in rain. We're all looking forward to next week, where we have a 50% chance of rain and the...
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National Moth Week!
This coming week (July 22--29) is National Moth Week! I actually just found that out yesterday and thought it would be fun to spend the whole week looking for, studying, and reading about moths. If you...
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Strawberry Plains Audubon Center-- 8/4/12
The school year has started. That simple phrase can fill some with dread, others with happiness, and still others with a mix of the two. I enjoyed my summer vacation, but I'm excited about the new...
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Photo Update
Wow, it's been a while, hasn't it? I'm sorry I haven't been around much; it's been pretty busy around here. I thought that you, my patient readers, would like to see what I've been photographing...
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New Place, New Experiences, New Birds
We just got back from vacation in coastal Alabama! We went with our grandparents, uncle, aunt, and two cousins. The reason we went was to celebrate our grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. We stayed...
View ArticleJust a Quick Post...
...to let you guys know that I have written another post for the ABA's Young Birder Blog, The Eyrie! I'm really excited about it. Here's the...
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Fall Changes
It was officially fall weeks ago, but I've only just started to believe it. Today the high temperature is 59 degrees Fahrenheit. That's pretty cool for October in the South.The trees have just started...
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Hummingbird Migration Celebration
This post is kind of late, so I apologize.September 7--9 were the dates of the National Audubon Society's annual Hummingbird Migration Celebration at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs,...
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Guess Whose Birthday it is....
Not mine; my blog's! Yep, on November 7, 2011, this blog was created. Has it really been a year? I haven't posted in a while (sorry!), so I thought I'd post some special never-before-seen photos from...
View ArticleShelby Farms Park--11/17/12
The morning of Saturday, November 17th dawned cold and clear. It was 6 in the morning, and my dad and I were up and eating breakfast, even though the east was just beginning to glow with the rising...
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...
Well, it's that time of year again. The weather is colder, the lights are up, and everyone is rushing around trying to get everything done. Can you believe it? Christmas is less than a week...
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