All Blog Posts Tagged 'birds' (8)

As the winter approaches in Canada and the northern United States, there is a sweet little bird that finds itself with a lot fewer neighbors than during the summertime! As other birds fly south, the black-capped chickadee sticks out the cold and is fun to watch at bird-feeders or flitting f… Continue

by Carl Lindquist, executive director of the nonprofit Superior Watershed Partnership in Marquette and co-founder of the EarthKeeper Initiative. For five years now the EarthKeepers have been setting environmental milestones. The figures are worth repeating be… Continue

By Rev. Jon Magnuson, co-founder of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeepers and executive director of the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan During the winter of 1997 I knelt down on the edge of a forest outside Nazareth and gently planted four trees i… Continue

By Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg, head priest at Lake Superior Zendo (Zen Buddhist) and a faculty member at Northern Michigan University and is the EarthKeeper Implementation Team co-chair. “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago,… Continue

Went for a walk in the WHITE TANK MOUNTAIN'S yesterday and it was sooo beautiful !! Nature was on it's toes ! the cactus was georgeous the trees were whistling !! Birds were flying, aunt homes were in process , tumble weeds blowing ! mountains were almost purple!! and much , much more ! Wind was rustling, these are the sounds I love to hear. The sounds of nature !! And with all the strip malls going up golf courses,human homes, all the animals, trees and flowers are losing there homes these beau… Continue

We actually had some lighting and thunderstorms last night !! And it's still cloudy here in Arizona, looks like we might get some more much needed rain !! That is so awesome , because the cactus goes into bloom, the birds are in flight , it's like nature and mother earth come alive, I just love it, with all that's going on in the world, it's nice to watch the earth in all her glory !!! :-)) by Bonnie Pelton Continue

Just a short note , not feeling to well today, have a cold or the flu. But I woke up to an awesome surprise! I heard this lone dove cooing outside my window! So precious! Like to say everything's going to be ok. I just love our wildlife large and small!! Continue

Woke up the other day and heard this singing sound........ How cool was that , it was the sound of early spring, early morning birds calling out to each other and greeting the new day!!!! What a sound, what a orchestra !!! All the sounds of the planet lighting up for a moment...... And what a moment to behold...........Nature at it's best !! by Bonnie Pelton Continue