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Our Eyes Open: a blog about my adventures in birding, travel & writing.

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  • SQUARES – The Prickly Kind

    SQUARES – The Prickly Kind

    Meet the Cactus Wren who just happens be stalking around a cactus, the prickly kind of plant. This was a life bird for me on this day, at this moment!

    October 22, 2020
  • SQUARES – Kinda Hungry

    SQUARES – Kinda Hungry

    This baby Bison was kinda hungry not caring that I was taking a photo. Momma and calf were spotted in a pasture near Fort Worth, Texas where they were owned by Billionaire Ross Perot Jr. Perot is a well known businessman and land developer in north Texas.

    October 21, 2020
  • SQUARES – The Edible Kind

    SQUARES – The Edible Kind

    This week on Bird Weekly, we explored Owls. On that post at the end, I posted a photo of these Owl cookies that I made 5 years ago for my Bunco friends when I hosted the game in December, 2015. They turned out exactly like the instructions.

    October 20, 2020
  • SQUARES – 3 of a Kind

    SQUARES – 3 of a Kind

    Brown Pelicans in different strides of their flight over my head. I like the use of the negative space in this photo which I don’t use very often. Hope you like it too!

    October 19, 2020
  • SQUARES – Nature isn’t always Kind

    SQUARES – Nature isn’t always Kind

    Sea Turtles have many natural predators on land and in the sea. Humans can be unkind without knowing it by traipsing around on top of a nest.

    October 18, 2020
  • Song Lyric Sunday – “Check Yes or No” by George Strait

    Song Lyric Sunday – “Check Yes or No” by George Strait

    Elvis Presley may be known as the “King of Rock n’ Roll”, but George Strait is known as the “King of Country”. He is the most influential and popular recording country music artist of all time. He is a real Texas cowboy who just happens to be able to stand at a microphone and put…

    October 18, 2020
  • SQUARES – Kinda Holey

    SQUARES – Kinda Holey

    This large piece of driftwood was found on the beach a couple of weeks ago. I have to wonder what woodpecker pecked all these holes. It was too large to move so I straddled it to get a shot. I’m sure this old tree could tell some stories!

    October 17, 2020
  • Sunday Stills – Fall Color Ochre – 10.11.20

    Sunday Stills – Fall Color Ochre – 10.11.20

    The feature image is the best and only photo I have of signs of fall. It was taken last September in Bozeman, Montana. In Florida, we don’t get the change with the red, orange & yellow until January when much of the rest of the country is in snow and ice. At that point, it…

    October 17, 2020
  • SQUARES – The Sleepy Kind

    SQUARES – The Sleepy Kind

    his Long-eared Owl was taking a nap in the middle of the day at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge located outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Sleep by day so they can hunt by night.

    October 16, 2020
  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Owls

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Owls

    Owls are nocturnal meaning they are mostly active at night. There are two species that are truly diurnal (meaning they are active both day and night). They are the Northern Hawk Owl and the Northern Pygmy Owl.

    October 16, 2020
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