Blue skies and a brilliant sun greeted Phoebes old and new at Crandon Park where we started our April walk in search a Western Spindalis.
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Rain doesn’t dampen our spirits, especially when there’s herons, storks and spoonbills to be seen. Thanks to all the Phoebes who joined us in Wakodahatchee Wetlands!
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It is from laughter that the Phoebes, a Miami-based all-woman’s birding group, hatched. It was at the end of a well-attended bird walk where six of us found ourselves flocked. I don’t think any of us had ever laughed so hard while birding before and we wanted that spirit to live on. The idea for the Phoebes emerged amid hugs between a group of women who’d mostly just met that morning but whose connections clearly ran deeper.
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Thanks to everyone who flocked to A.D. “Doug” Barnes park this past Saturday and helped the Phoebes’ second bird walk of 2018 be such a great success! Our largest walk to-date brought out twenty Phoebes including both old and new faces and even a special visitor!
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A splendid winter morning greeted the Phoebes Birding group for our first bird walk of 2019. In the company of our all-female assemblage, ranging from new to more experienced birders, we 12 women gathered at Kendall Indian Hammocks Park to bond over birds and all things nature.
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For some, birding is an escape. For others, it’s an extension of a world where we can’t let our guard down.
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Being a birder has made me a better mother. A good birder needs patience and a willingness to tune in to the world around them; to feel the subtle changes in the weather that signal migration; to pay attention to the bird songs and daily and seasonal patterns of our feathered friends like the Painted Bunting.
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It all started in 2009 when I began taking photos for my recently released Birds of Fairchild book. I was relatively new to both wildlife photography and birds, but had spent a lifetime stalking nature.
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