Yesterday when we got home from church, we saw a lot of large, slowly gliding birds. Ah! Turkey vultures! There were a bunch of them and they were flying low, right over our car ( Read more... )

Today, my department took a trip to F&M for IT discussions and kickball. We had a good visit. The folks there were nice and it was helpful to exchange technical experience, questions, and personal stories. I didn't play kickball, but I did keep the water stocked in the shade and urged everyone to stay hydrated :)

A highlight of the trip was shortly ( Read more... )

"My wish is that every person might learn to recognize fifty species of plants and animals native to his or her own region." http://blog.aba.org/2016/07/the-kaufman-challenge-v-0-5.htmlRead more... )

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This week, I've had time to enter some logs into e-bird. (It's a site where you can enter bird-watching checklists and the data is used to research bird populations.) Now, e-bird allows us to enter photographs, too! I included logs and photos from this year's trips to the Montour Preserve ( Read more... )

I'm drafting a Pokedex like index of my favorite local birds (in progress) :)

Location: Central Pennsylvania

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves

Charadriiformes - shorebirds and gulls

CharadriidaeKilldeer - height 9.5 in, wingspan 18.5 in, weight 3.5 oz, eggs buff-colored w/ brown-black ( Read more... )

Today we celebrated Father's Day by going to the Montour Preserve. The weather was beautiful and we saw some amazing things that God has made!


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Spent a quiet morning bird watching. It's a cool, cloudy day here and the birds are chirping and flying about. There are also some squirrels around. I was really glad for the break from data processing this week.

Here are some photos of the birds and recent neighborhood sights.


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