My Mourning Dove

Did you know? The coo of a dove is one of the most familiar bird sounds. We have all probably heard it at some point. The mourning dove, like every other species of dove, has its own unique coo sound. The low sound of the mourning dove’s coo was said to sound sad, so people said that…

Happy Wednesday!

Don’t be so focused on the weekend that you can’t see the joy in today 💚

Northern Cardinal

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness. ~ Bill Blass Go. Conquer your week!

Evening walk

Recently we discovered the little lake down the road was again filled with water. It’s in a nature preserve area that has been “under construction” for the past two years. Because the reeds and grasses grew up and overtook the little lake, it has been dry for several months. They dug out and removed all…

The cutest hummingbird 💙

Yesterday as I was leaving the nature gardens, I saw this hummingbird. I hung out and observed him for a while and eventually he perched himself on a cactus and started preening. It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen. 💙😊 I found an article at http://www.journeynorth.org, that talks about the preening…