Robin is back.
There's a tree outside the bedroom window where Robin sings the Good Night Chorus. First time this year. Makes my heart happy.

Paying attention to Nature is so much more satisfying than human activity.

Come on you.. alien spaceships?

I had fun trying out my friend's new tripod with my mobile this afternoon #astronomy #moon #birdsong

I always enjoy hearing Great Horned Owls calling & even better—hearing 2 GHOs duetting! Here’s my Perpetual Journal art of 2 GHOs duetting, a Cooper’s Hawk, & a small Mexican Poppy plant.

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.

Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#bees #birdsong
#primroses #flowers
#spring

I find myself homesick for the sounds of spring in rural England. It still happens even after twenty plus years living overseas.

Can anyone recommend location recordings or ambient background noise of woodland and countryside in the UK/ northern Europe? Blackbirds, thrushes, chaffinches, etc.

A minute of bird song along a #Devon footpath yesterday #Devon #spring #nature #landscapephotography #birdsong

Got BirdNET running locally on my computer in Python!

https://birdnet-team.github.io/BirdNET-Analyzer/index.html

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.

#mentalhealth
#wellbeing #birds #birdsofmastodon
#birdsong #bees

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.

Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#water
#birdsong

Under this blue sky
I want to go outside and
Hear the blackbird sing

Today's blog post was my response to Jon Young's What the Robin Knows, which focused on developing good listening habits, in the context of advice about how to listen to birds

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

Greeted by a chorus of birds when I got up yesterday morning. Louder than usual. Also the creek sounds. #birds #birdsong #nature

I love this project. You can back the latest album: "A Guide to the Birdsong of Migration" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shikashika/a-guide-to-the-birdsong-of-migration #birdsong #music #crowdfunding

I’ve painted birds in my Perpetual Journal so many times recently that I started a blog mini-series entitled All About Birds. Here’s my latest blog post, the 1st in that series:

https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/all-about-birds-part-1

Bird of the Day — Red-winged Blackbird, Kansas 2025

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.

Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.

#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#sanctuary
#water
#birdsong

Studies on birdsong have revealed complex communication systems in avian species, offering parallels to human language development.

#PonderLab #LanguageWeek #Birdsong​

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/how-scientists-started-to-decode-birdsong

Good afternoon!

The beautiful solution.

Not a billionaire in sight.

Take a moment.

The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
#birdsong
#woodpecker
#bees
#nature
#pure
#organic
#vegan
#sanctuary
#clean

#3 good things

started the day by listening to a goldfinch singing outside my window. And when I remembered the other things I could/should have been doing, I just...kept listening

made a sign

went to a protest. It was communal, and rousing, and heartening