Reflections on birds, nature, and life in general from a bird-watcher in central Illinois. Monday, August 17, 2015. Great blue herons seldom worry about their weight. But mostly, I blame my job. Yes, I am grateful to have it, but does it ever suck up all my time! Thursday, July 9, 2015.

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Eagles eye on life! Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Well I am back! I was thinking wonder where my blog is lead to 30 mins of remembering my gmail address and lol here we are and on route quite by chance I rediscovered an old friend and will be able to contact him again. I will return with a few madcap tales generally on birding but I expect the other aspects of life will creep in. Now to find out how to post a photo! There seems to have been some changes. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Sussex sidlesham and sun! .

I Preface to the first edition. Disturbance at the heron house. Photo of heron mural on the side of a row of shops in Hanbury Street, London E1 by awildslimalien. Photo of kestrels in Helsingborg by Guillaume Baviere via Flickr. Rachel Unthank and The Winterset Blackbird. More Unthanks over at A jumped-up pantry boy.

A nice little bird took a fancy to me. 160;regarding Otters on Waterhead Pier in Ambleside, I asked my boss if it would be possible to take Tuesday off to head off early and hopefully get some shots of these amazing animals. A night on the Newt.

Short eared owl - Thorpe Marshes. Wednesday, 22 July 2015. Lifers, patch sightings and some moths . Firstly on the 30th June I had arranged a catch up over a pint or 2 with Yorkie . But come the day Yorkie had suggested maybe heading to Breydon water for the Pacific Golden plover. Also a meal moth here.

Nature notes from the Steel City. The Sheffield Wildlife Daily is out! .

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The perils of life and birding. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Arriving mid-afternoon on Lockwood as the first phase of storms had past, there was much optimism in connecting with something displaced as a result of the lively weather. Limited rewards were a single Lapwing. That had settled on the shoreline before taking off high before heading south. Were down in number from previous days, and my first Green Sandpiper. On the northside, and a juvenile Greater Black Backed Gull.