Tag: birder

  • Murmuration

    “A swooping, soaring, diving, winding, everchanging, synchronous aerial dance of thousands— sometimes even hundreds of thousands—of birds, that fills the sky for long moments, like a flittering fireworks finale.”

  • Deep Summer

    Oh … deep summer. Day after day the sun beats down, as temperatures creep into the nineties. Though there is little rain, the air is thick with moisture. Going outside is like donning a soggy jacket. “Like walking through soup,” one friend says. There is nothing to do but retreat indoors.

    A bright purple flower with petals that look like cotton balls.
  • A West Virginia Paradise

    Tucked away, on the outskirts of Morgantown, is a paradise of colorful gardens, wooded trails, grassy wetlands, and quiet streams. Here, you will lose yourself amid countless blooms, tall oaks and hemlocks, songbirds, butterflies, and dragonflies.

    Sheila reading from her book while standing in front several people who are seated.
  • Nature Reveals Our Deepest Selves

    Friends, today, May 15, is a long-awaited day. My first book, Soul Friend and Other Love Notes to the Natural World is being released by Blackwater Press!! I am more than thrilled and so grateful to all those who helped me launch my book into the world.

    A male hairy woodpecker on a branch
  • A Child in the Woods

    Indeed, I, the bird nerd grandma, had been biding my time, wondering when I might begin teaching Myles about nature. Now I could charge full-speed ahead. Myles had binoculars and he liked them!

    Small blue (purple) flowers with four petals and a yellow center.