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Mindful Birding

Mindful birding is a powerful practice that combines the joys of birdwatching with the benefits of mindfulness. Exposure to nature is linked to a host...

Inspiring Future Conservationists, One Bluebird Box at a Time

One of my favorite quotes by Aldo Leopold in his book, A Sand County Almanac. A classic read for any upcoming wildlife biologist, nature-lover, or...

Cows and Birds: Musings of a Rancher II

The first time meeting a bull I thought there should be much more care taken. We parked the pick-up in the two-lane adjacent to the...

Cows and Birds: Musings of a Rancher in Spring

On Sunday, March 13th, I saw my first Mountain Bluebird of the year. He was coming off the south fence of the northwestern pasture. He...

Unmasking the Long-distance Migration of Flammulated Owls

By my students’ calculations, we had spent over 50 hours trying to capture this particular Flammulated Owl, dating back two summers. Make no mistake—there have...

Approaching Conservation with Both Western and Indigenous Science

From a young age, I felt a disconnect between our culture and nature. I was always curious about the natural world and wondered why anyone...

Winter Grassland Bird Tagging in Far West Texas

Update from the field! Seasonal Bird Conservancy banders are working in the Chihuahuan Desert this winter to tag non-breeding grassland birds for our Motus project....

Field Sketching: A Process for Learning About the Natural World

Field Sketching, or Nature Journaling, is a method that can be used to connect with nature through first-hand observations. All you need is a view...

Building Resiliency from the Ground Up

Another summer in the Northern Great Plains has come and gone, now fleeting as quickly as it arrived. With it, the many birds who travel...

Christmas Bird Count at Barr Lake

Once a year each winter, dozens of volunteers congregate at Barr Lake State Park to dedicate their day to a singular purpose: tally every bird...

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