Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

One morning at breakfast, this African Pied Wagtail put his charm on…

Their songs are one of my favorite of all the birds I’ve ever heard.

African Long-crested Eagle

It has 249 pictures from our recent trip to Nairobi.

You can go there at www.mccalled.com/photographs/africabirds/ or just click on the graphic above.

The Creation of God
I was sitting at our desk which faces the porch from the inside of the banda.  Out of the corner of my eye I caught some movement in one of the trees outside.  As soon as my eyes focused through the screen on the window, I couldn’t believe what I was looking [...]

I had no idea my brain could function the way it has over the past 3 weeks.  So much information for such a small mind as mine!!!
Dana is leveling out morning sickness wise.  Not sure if it is because of the vitamin B complex or the surpassing the 1st trimester mark.  Either way, she’s now [...]

NOTE: No super spiritual material is contained within this post. It is merely hobby-based, and to be frank… you’ll probably never find any super spiritual stuff on here anyway. We normal folk just like you.
I got up before dawn this morning to go birdwatching at a renowned spring bird migration area, Latta Park. [...]

This is a cool website I found that has links to TONS of bird cams around the world. Take a moment and check out some unbelievable free video. www.birdwatchingblog.com

Dana and I went to Waxhaw yesterday after church to check our PO Box and nest boxes. Low and behold 3 of the bluebird eggs have hatched! And, in the other house we left behind, there were four little Carolina Chickadee eggs. Thought I’d share the good news.

* The above picture is [...]

That’s how far we traveled last week on our trip to Florida. We started out with a 12-hour adventure to St. Petersburg long before the sun came up. The drive was supposed to be only 10 hours but once we arrived at our reserved hotel, well… it was, let’s say, not as we [...]