The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: birds

  • Nature Calls

    I love to observe nature as it unfolds around me, and I’ve moved from a subtropical climate to a temperate one, so a lot has changed. I don’t even recognize many of the bird calls here, and I’m sure encountering plant life that I’ve never seen before. It some ways Washington reminds me a lot…

  • Killer Instinct

    I have a confession to make. I’m a killer. And I don’t feel the least bit of shame. I’ll do it again, I guarantee you. If a cockroach or a brown recluse spider stupidly breeches my line of chemical defense and enters my house, there to potentially bite me and rot my flesh or ruin…

  • Happy Earth Day!

    It’s Earth Day, and that has me thinking about the intimate encounters I’ve had with nature in my lifetime. I have swum with manatee, dolphins and stingrays. I briefly dated a guy who could imitate a barn owl so accurately that every owl in the region would respond to his call. He also taught me…

  • It’s Worth a Shot #1:Touching a Tiger

    Ever since I wrote the blog entry about writing a bucket list https://theviewfromadrawbridge.com/2012/12/04/a-living-breathing-bucket-list/, I’ve been kind of overwhelmed by the number of things I’ve longed to do but may never achieve. Last night it occurred to me that in some cases I might achieve my goals by simply asking. So occasionally on this blog, you’ll…

  • Nature is what’s happening while you’re not looking.

    Nature is what’s happening while you’re not looking.

    I’m a lucky woman to be able to observe the world in long running increments.