Posts by Hal

February 2023 Birds

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. Migration is over and the winter birds have settled in. I have many galleries and posts with thousands of birds to view.

January 2023 Birds

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. Migration is over and the winter birds have settled in. I have many galleries and posts with thousands of birds to view.

December 2022 Birds

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. Migration is over and the winter birds have settled in. I have many galleries and posts with thousands of birds to view.

Vote for your favorite photo(s)

Hey, friends. Can you help a brother out?Shortly I’ll be submitting some photos for possible inclusion in the 2023 Courage...

November 2022 Birds (sorry no butterflies)

I had a unique experience on the 7th. A small band of cedar waxwings dropped in, so I've added some of the images here.

It’s a wonderful life!

We recently took a short 3 day trip to southeastern/central Iowa. We’ve been up there several times in the past...

From glory to glory

From glory to glory – what does that mean exactly? I’ll get to that in just a second. During my...

October 2022 Birds and Butterflies

Here are some birds and butterflies (maybe) I’ve glassed this month. (Bird activity afield is slow, but migration is happening.) I’ve...

September 2022 Birds and Butterflies

Here are some birds and butterflies I’ve glassed this month. (Bird activity afield is slow, but migration is beginning.) I’ve taken...

August 2022 Birds and Butterflies

Here are some birds and butterflies I’ve glassed this month. (Bird activity afield is slow in August, so this month...

Harold E. Moran, Sr. 1924-2022 – The last of a generation

Friends of the Moran family For the last two decades my dad’s prayer was to live 5 days longer than...

July 2022 birds and butterflies

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. I’ve taken so many of the more common birds around here I...

My mother – a life well lived and loved

Early Saturday morning on June 25th, 2022 while my mom was still sleeping, God, with grace and tender mercy, spoke...

Mission Possible!

The air was calm but thick. So thick you could cut it with a knife! But I was not deterred....

June 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. I’ve taken so many of the more common birds around here I...

Introducing Birques (aka bird plaques)

Hey, everyone! I’m introducing a NEW product – bird plaques. Or, birques as I like to call them. These are...

May 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. Whatever I glass during May I’ll post here. Let the snapping begin!...

Old Baldy!

I had a wonderful walk this morning at Marias Temps Claire. I came across many wonderful birds and I’ll post...

April 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. Whatever I glass during April I’ll post here. Let the snapping begin!...

Some of my favorite bluebird portraits

Since the bluebird is Missouri’s state bird, I thought they deserved their own gallery with some of my favorite images.

March 2022 Birds

This gallery will grow throughout the month. You can also check out February’s birds. And January’s birds are here.

Cedar waxwings came to visit

Bam! Just like that it happened. Kathleen and I were in the kitchen cooking supper. I had the "Nick Stellino par boiled/fried potatoes" (best ever!) and she had the gluten-free chicken tenders in the Ninja foodie. I glanced out the window and saw several cedar waxwings land in two cedar cuttings I brought in from the field.

February 2022 Birds

Instead of creating more bird galleries I’ll be adding a blog post for each month of the year and adding...

I possess not…

The only creatures out this morning to brave the elements were me and Monty! (a mockingbird) While walking I was...

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February 2023 Birds

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. Migration is over and the winter birds have settled in. I have many galleries and posts with thousands of birds to view.

January 2023 Birds

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. Migration is over and the winter birds have settled in. I have many galleries and posts with thousands of birds to view.

December 2022 Birds

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. Migration is over and the winter birds have settled in. I have many galleries and posts with thousands of birds to view.

Vote for your favorite photo(s)

Hey, friends. Can you help a brother out?Shortly I’ll be submitting some photos for possible inclusion in the 2023 Courage...

November 2022 Birds (sorry no butterflies)

I had a unique experience on the 7th. A small band of cedar waxwings dropped in, so I've added some of the images here.

It’s a wonderful life!

We recently took a short 3 day trip to southeastern/central Iowa. We’ve been up there several times in the past...

From glory to glory

From glory to glory – what does that mean exactly? I’ll get to that in just a second. During my...

October 2022 Birds and Butterflies

Here are some birds and butterflies (maybe) I’ve glassed this month. (Bird activity afield is slow, but migration is happening.) I’ve...

September 2022 Birds and Butterflies

Here are some birds and butterflies I’ve glassed this month. (Bird activity afield is slow, but migration is beginning.) I’ve taken...

August 2022 Birds and Butterflies

Here are some birds and butterflies I’ve glassed this month. (Bird activity afield is slow in August, so this month...

Harold E. Moran, Sr. 1924-2022 – The last of a generation

Friends of the Moran family For the last two decades my dad’s prayer was to live 5 days longer than...

July 2022 birds and butterflies

Here are some birds I’ve glassed this month. I’ve taken so many of the more common birds around here I...

My mother – a life well lived and loved

Early Saturday morning on June 25th, 2022 while my mom was still sleeping, God, with grace and tender mercy, spoke...

Mission Possible!

The air was calm but thick. So thick you could cut it with a knife! But I was not deterred....

June 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. I’ve taken so many of the more common birds around here I...

Introducing Birques (aka bird plaques)

Hey, everyone! I’m introducing a NEW product – bird plaques. Or, birques as I like to call them. These are...

May 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. Whatever I glass during May I’ll post here. Let the snapping begin!...

Old Baldy!

I had a wonderful walk this morning at Marias Temps Claire. I came across many wonderful birds and I’ll post...

April 2022 Birds

Well, here comes another month of bird images. Whatever I glass during April I’ll post here. Let the snapping begin!...

Some of my favorite bluebird portraits

Since the bluebird is Missouri’s state bird, I thought they deserved their own gallery with some of my favorite images.

March 2022 Birds

This gallery will grow throughout the month. You can also check out February’s birds. And January’s birds are here.

Cedar waxwings came to visit

Bam! Just like that it happened. Kathleen and I were in the kitchen cooking supper. I had the "Nick Stellino par boiled/fried potatoes" (best ever!) and she had the gluten-free chicken tenders in the Ninja foodie. I glanced out the window and saw several cedar waxwings land in two cedar cuttings I brought in from the field.

February 2022 Birds

Instead of creating more bird galleries I’ll be adding a blog post for each month of the year and adding...

I possess not…

The only creatures out this morning to brave the elements were me and Monty! (a mockingbird) While walking I was...