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Writing Wrenaissance Reflections is a way for me to share my enthusiasm for nature, wildlife, and birds, as well as the joy that I’ve gotten from creating, improving, and living in a backyard wildlife habitat. The name comes from the Carolina Wrens
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Skywatch: Mist in the Sky over New River Gorge
Skywatch is a meme, a communal sharing, of photos of the sky from around the world. It’s just-for-fun, not-for-profit, and noncompetitive. To participate, blog a photo which includes the sky, then add its link to the master list at the Skywatch web...
Final Day at New River
Man of the hour and finder of Swainson’s Warbler in < 10 mins: BT3 ...
Bird Bloggers without Birds
If the stained glass windows in the background remind you of a church, there’s a good reason. The Cathedral Cafe is housed in a former church in historic Fayetteville, WV. Having had their food at a couple of meals at the festival, I highly rec...
Odds and Ends from the New River Festival
Skywatch Bonus
As part of our High Country trip at the New River Birding and Nature Festival, we were lucky to view this broad-winged hawk nest, complete with mama hawk brooding in situ. Skywatch is a meme, a communal sharing, of photos of the sky from aroun...
Down by the old mill stream, aka Babcock Park
As part of our “High Country” day of birding, we went to Babcock State Park. I’m told this mill is one of the most photographed sites in West Virginia. I found the water itself far more fascinating and picturesque than the buildi...
Really?
This would have been a lot more believable, it we hadn’t been in the middle of a forest, miles from electricity and internet access. Apparently, others shared our doubts, because not far from this very sign was an abandoned housing site that wa...
