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06/05/2026
My amazing 83 year old mother hasn’t lost her seamstress skills. Today she helped me sew several and FWF patches on my birding clothes. Getting ready to guide in style for my upcoming birding tour in Montana with .charlotte. 😂😍
Scratch, shuffle, hop! Eastern Towhees are fun to watch as they forage for insects in leaf litter. This adult male already has a bug in his beak, indicating that he has hungry mouths to feed. While adult towhees eat a variety of foods including seeds and fruit, they, like 95% of all terrestrial birds, feed their chicks a protein-packed insect diet. Leave some leaf litter in your yard and avoid pesticides and herbicides to help conserve these delightful backyard birds. Sadly, the 2025 State of the Birds report lists the Eastern Towhee as a Tipping Point Species, having lost more than 50% its population in the past 50 years.
05/23/2026
The alarm calls of a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers alerted me to the presence of this Barred Owl, drying out in our backyard between rain showers. Becoming familiar with songbird alarm calls and keeping your ears always open can lead to some pretty incredible wildlife encounters.
05/21/2026
Birding with Barbara Brown Taylor during my Birding Big Canoe tour last weekend was a pleasure. I’m honored that she wrote about the day in her latest Substack column.
Turning Aside to Look Day to day, I pay close attention to dozens of things necessary to life.
05/20/2026
Seeing a Blackburnian Warbler is always exciting, so finding one on a nest (spotted by .birds) during my recent Birding Big Canoe tour was a special thrill. Typically, Blackburnians nest high in coniferous trees, up to 80 feet, so we were lucky to find one tucked into vines in a deciduous snag less than ten feet above us. Females build cup-shaped nests using twigs, bark, rootlets, and plant fibers, secured to the branch with spider silk and lined with lichens, moss, fine grass, hair, and conifer needles.
05/19/2026
I spent the past two weekends guiding birding tours in the North Georgia mountains, in Blairsville and Big Canoe. We explored beautiful landscapes during peak spring migration, finding a wide diversity of birds including more than 20 warbler species. Highlights from the tours included hearing the drumming of a Ruffed Grouse and spotting a Blackburnian Warbler on her nest (photo forthcoming). Thanks to my kind and enthusiastic clients (birding friends!) for supporting my small business.
Such an incredible encounter—complete with gobble!
I had the most incredible encounter with Wild Turkeys in the Georgia mountains today. I slowed my car to let them cross the road, and (apparently confused by their reflections) they put on quite the ballet, their iridescent colors shifting as they twirled. Amazing! The vibrancy of these structural colors, created by light refraction rather than pigments, is an indicator to females for the fitness of the male. Part two up next, complete with gobble.
05/14/2026
Two spots remain for Saturday’s Birding Big Canoe tour. We’ll explore forests carpeted with native plants, walk a trail dotted with centuries-old indigenous cairns, and enjoy sweeping mountain views as we search for a wide variety of birds, including several warbler species singing on their breeding grounds. More details in the comments.