Beautiful Birds

The Birds have Returned

The Bluebirds and Tree Swallows have returned to nest in our bird houses. They join all the Cardinals and many other smaller birds.

What I'm Reading This Week

Taxes for Dummies !
I don't usually like to pick up a Dummies book, but in the case of taxes that is my level of understanding.

Thoughtful and Difficult Reading

What I'm Reading Now

Farm Sanctuary by Gene Baur

It is a book about current practices in industrial farming. Reading about the methods of raising cattle, pigs and chickens for mass food production just takes your breath away in the scope of its cruelty and distain for the most basic needs of the animals as well as the workers. However, I most enjoyed the individual profiles of rescued animals. Gene Baur is an excellent writer, very sensitive to both the animals he is defending and the people who read about the appalling practices in our food production industry.

Majestic Eagle

This eagle just caught a large fish!

American Bald Eagle

My husband's class saw 21 Bald Eagles during a recent field trip to the Susquehanna River in Harford County, Maryland. Amazing !

I wasn't able to download photos from the field trip because they were too large for the blog. So I found this photo taken at Octoraro, Maryland. This and other local eagle photos can be found at farm1.static.flickr or just google images of eagles in Maryland.