Jessica Vaughan – BWD magazine

Luck Be a Lady (or Ladybird) Beetle

Last weekend, my guy and I took a drive down to southeastern Ohio to hike the trails in one of […]

Ever since I read Julie Zickefoose’s latest book, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay, I have had a

If any of you out there spend any significant time with young children, you are probably familiar with the YouTube

If I have any regrets in life, it is that I didn’t become a birder sooner. I suppose birding took

One thing about bird watchers is that we rarely stop with birds. Once you notice one winged creature, it’s difficult

A couple weeks ago, I was driving along, listening to a conference call at a fairly loud volume on my

I was sitting here on my balcony a few minutes ago literally thinking, “Well, it’s Father’s Day, I wonder if

It seems like just yesterday that spring had sprung and the birding message boards were full of folks eagerly asking,

Since discovering a Carolina wren roosting at night in an old robin’s nest in the eaves of my porch last

A little over a year ago, just as Ohio’s governor was announcing stay-at-home orders, I was packing up my things

Two things have carried me during this difficult past year: my people and birds. And not much makes my heart

On the afternoon of Saturday, February 6, I received the following message from my friend Kim: “Hey there! I have