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Rural Chatter from La Veta...nestled against the Southern Rockies; a blog dedicated to the natural world...particularly birding and native gardening to attract birds, bees & butterflies.
- Beverly
- Please feel free to leave a comment by clicking 'comments' found at the end of each post. I'm still learning and find any comment helpful. Feedback is a good thing! Oh, and if you arrive somewhere inside this blog from an online search, be sure to click the main title, to get to the most current post. Also, at the bottom of this column is a list of 'tags'; click something you're interested in and it will bring up all posts on that topic. Cool, huh?
August Yard Birds (each name is linked to more information) * = Fly Over
- Black Phoebe
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Great Horned Owls
- Cordilleran Flycatcher
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Rufus Hummingbird
- Gray Catbird
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Great Blue Heron
- Yellow Warbler
- American Robin
- Bullock's Oriole
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Cassin's Finch
- Turkey Vulture
- Common Grackle
- Lesser Goldfinch (green- and black-backed)
- Northern Flicker: Red-shafted
- Common Raven
- Evening Grosbeak
- American Crow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- American Goldfinch
- Pine Siskin
- Black-billed Magpie
- Red-winged Blackbird
- House Finch
- European Starling
- House Sparrow
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
Blogs I Enjoy
- Life Histories of Familiar North American Birds: A.C. Bent
- Burque Birding
- 10,000 Birds
- PEEPS Online, Bill Maynard
- BrdPics by Bill Schmoker
- Julie Zickefoose
- Bill of the Birds
- Ecobirder
- BirdChick
- Mr & Mrs Stokes
- Nature Tails & Camera Trails
- Beaverton Bird Blog
- The Marvelous in Nature
- Portland Backyard Birds
- Birds o' the Morning
- Bird Nerd
- John Rakestraw
- Birds & Nature
- Sibley Guides Notebook
- Prairie Ice
- Camera Trap Codger
- Brush and Baren
- Nature Remains
- Natural Gardening
- Walking Nature Home
- Northwest Nature Nut
- Portland Backyard Birds
- Nature Calling
- Cold Climate Gardening
- One Straw
- The Slow Cook
- Southern Rockies Nature Blog
- DJB Photo Adventures
- Mountain Plover
- Cons World
- Science Blogs
- ScienceGuy
- Grrl Scientist
Digiscoping
- Birding to the EDG - Mike Freiberg
- Leica Birding Blog-Jeff Bouton
- Swarovski on Digiscoping
- Digiscoping & Digital Birding
- Mike's Birding @ Digiscoping
- Awesome site by Ann Cook
- Info and Pics by S. Ingraham
- Who Came Up w/Digiscoping?
- Eagle Optics - Digiscopes
- Schmoker's Digiscoping Tips
- Page o' Digiscoping Links
- History & Experience from Gerd Rossen
- George Raiche's DigiBird
- Just For Fun...
Websites I Enjoy
- Wildflowers
- American Beauties (native gardening)
- Gardening for Wildlife!
- Garden Guides!
- Birds of Prey Foundation
- eNature FieldGuides ......... to Plants & Animals
- Sibley's Online Guide to Birds
- e-Bird
- Current US Rare Bird Alert - Interactive Map
- Audubon CBC Data...
- Several Awesome Free Podcasts!
- Cool, 2-page Hawk Guide
- Colorado Field Ornithologists
- The Nature Conservancy
- American Birding Association
- Increase your vocabulary...
- Colorado Birding Society
- VERY cool bird-quiz!
- Patuxent Bird Glossary
- Colorado Birder
- Bosque Bill's Place
- All About Birds
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Colorado Birding Trails!
- Bird Watcher's Digest
- FAQs about Birds
- Internet Bird Collection
- Audubon at Home
- Colorado Birdwatching Sites
- Arkansas Valley Audubon
- Birds of North America...online
- American Bird Conservancy
- About cats...
- Awesome Sound Library!
- Find a Colorado bird!
- Birds of Huerfano County, CO
- PBS Bird Videos
- Kevin J. Cook, Pathfinder
- F.L.A.P.
- Butterflies & Moths of Colorado
- Dragon and Damselfly Central
- Consultants: Wind Power
- Colorado State Extension
- Pond Information
- Backyard Meat Rabbit Raising
- Raising Organic, FR Chickens
- McMurray Hatchery
- Perennial Favorites, Rye CO
- High Country Roses - Own root
- Heirloom Roses
- Hardy Roses & Plants for Birds
- High Country Gardens, NM
- Santa Fe Greenhouses
- Forest Farm
- Klehm's Farm & Nursery
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- Seeing Birds: A Yellow Warbler
- Late July Bird Report
- Bears!
- Update on Leucistic Eagle
- Leucistic Eagle in SoCo July 2008
- Flighty Flycatchers & Immature Hummingbirds
- Hope
- Bottle Your Own!
- 60 is a Good Number
- Books on Birds: What’s Your Fav?
- Flycatchers and Hummingbirds
- A Calliope in My Yard
- Hummingbirds in SoCo
- Life is Good
- July in Southern Colorado
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