
I absolutely love the bold wash of russet on this male parula's breast. Who came up with this color scheme? Whoever it was, I like their aesthetic.
I'm an artist and writer who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in your life, every day, for the things that bring you joy. Strange...most of them are free.
Aug. 28-Sept.1, 2019: Julie Zickefoose-Saving Jemima keynote, field trips, live sketching workshop at Yampa Valley Crane FestivalBud Werner Memorial Library at 1289 Lincoln Ave., Steamboat Springs, CO. Info at https://coloradocranes.org
Sat. Sept. 21, 2019, 11 AM: Julie Zickefoose, "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, 1201 Pawlings Rd., Audubon, PA 19403. Conrad the Jay will also appear!
Sun. Sept. 22, 2019, 2 PM: Julie Zickefoose, "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens, 631 Berwyn Baptist Rd., Devon PA 19333 PA. Call (610) 647-8870 for information.
Oct. 18-20, 2019: Julie Zickefoose-Saving Jemima keynote, field trip at Wings Over Water Wildlife FestivalField trip to Mattamuskeet NWR 9am-noon Sat. Oct. 19; keynote "Saving Jemima" at 6-9 pm Sat. Oct. 19 at Pamlico Jack's Restaurant 6708 Croatan Hwy, Nags Head NC 27959. Info at https://www.wingsoverwater.org/schedule.html
Tues. Nov. 12, 2019, 7 PM: Julie Zickefoose, "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Licking Land Trust 30th Anniversary Celebration, Slayter Auditorium, Denison University, Granville, OH. Call 740-587-4104 for information.
Thurs. Nov. 14, 2019, 7:30 PM: Esbenshade Series at Marietta College presents Julie Zickefoose, "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Peoples Bank Theater,, 222 Putnam St., Marietta, OH 45750. Call 740-371-5152 for information.
Fri. Jan 17, 2020, 10 AM and 1 PM: Julie Zickefoose, "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Friday Lecture Series, Ding Darling NWR, Visitor and Education Center Auditorium, Sanibel Island, FL. For more information, call 239-472-1100 ext. 241.
March 11-15, 2020: Julie Zickefoose Bird Friendly Backyard workshop and Saving Jemima talk at Joint Conference, N. American Bluebird Society/Bluebirds Across Nebraska, Holiday Inn Convention Center, Kearney, NE. Right in the middle of sandhill crane migration! Call (308) 237-5971 for reservations.
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9 comments:
"Sometimes I’m sorry I’ve honed my observational skills to the extent that I have."
My skilz are nowhere near as mad as yours but I get that feeling too! And then, like you, I also feel that I want to know the whole story, no matter what.
Where is Chet when you need him?
So many things to love here: (unsure of proper punctuation here)-- Photos showing how that yellow in the throat flows right up into that bill, phrases like "little buzzbombs of hunger and potential" and "cottonball parulababes". This post makes me so aware of the service the warblers perform gleaning all those caterpillars from the trees.
I know you think facebook may be the demise of the blog, but you could never express all of this in a facebook post. Facebook is best for giving us fans a heads up for these fabulous blog posts!
Kathy in Delray Beach
These look surprisingly familiar! My naturalist niece won a scholarship for the bird camp on Hog Island and was there the week before you. She would have loved to meet you but work commitments got in the way and she had to go the week before.
On 4th of July we were treated to a slide show of her photos on my sister's large TV, that included many of the Parula! After having to put my sweet cat Woody down that morning the slide show was a balm for my soul. Everything in her photos were SO lush and green I felt cooler just looking at them.
Ack! That should be WAS so lush and green...
Highlight of my recent trip to Up North, Michigan? I saw my first ever indigo bunting! Gore-juss!
P.S. Kathy- a colon would have been perfect.
(Former English treachery) Mary
That fecal sac-hauling picture with the babies hollering looks like a Julie Zickefoose painting.
My oh my, the clarity and depth of not only camera shots, but insights and observations! Your blog post was a sweet remembering of those 5 amazing days. Thanks!
Want to see a painting of this one!
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