Kids and Nature
Family Travel Car Game for Birders
Birding while driving has taken on a whole new dimension with this family friendly traveling car game inspired by the worlds’ birds.
Family Travel: Good for Kids, and the Soul
I have been fortunate enough to do a lot of nature travel compared to your typical middle-aged mother with two boys to raise. I’ve chased feisty Red-capped Manakins in Belize, the critically endangered Honduran Emerald in Honduras, Aplomado Falcons in coastal Texas, Chestnut-collared Longspurs in Rocky Mountain National Park, and traversed miles of natural near-shore [...]
Who Are The Next “Great” Birders?
The next era of birding will be ushered in by a new crop of great birders. Who will they be? I wrote this post a few months ago but chewed on it a while after sharing it with a few friends, birders, and members of the ABA board. After reading so many good opinions on [...]
Slice of Life with The Village Kids
What happens when the sun shines and a work-from-home mom finally feels caught up with work? First warm day of Spring I closed my laptop on a good week of work And turned my intention to two simple truths: Kids and sunshine. My boys hopped off the bus I met them in sock feet at [...]
Kids in Nature: Proud Warriors of Chimney Bluffs
This essay, which I first wrote in 2007 not long after I moved to Rochester, NY, seemed worthy of resurrection after my last post about kids in nature. I wasn’t sure whether to title this post: Be Careful What You Wish For or, Believe in the Law of Attraction. So I decided to leave it [...]
Our Mission: Get More People “Out There” With Nature
I recently renewed contact with a long-lost friend who said “What you do [for a living] sounds so interesting. Getting out there with nature.” It was a kind, thoughtful comment. But I thought, how funny. Getting “out there” with nature. As if I and nature were not one in the same, were not cut from [...]
A New Birding Tradition: First Annual Turkey “Hunt”
Life is too easy these days. Used to be you’d wake up Thanksgiving morning, hunt for a bird, and return home only when you had enough game to feed the children and nearby kinsfolk. I love the feeling of having earned a meal. Too bad that feeling normally resides in the foggy chambers of my [...]
Birding With Kids: The Raw, Unfiltered Truth
I’m ALL FOR getting kids inspired by nature, but as I’ve said before, here at Birds, Words, & Websites, I’m all about the truth. Therefore, I must beg you to consider the raw, unfiltered reality of birding with kids before you attempt this yourself.
