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Rescuing an Owl: Part 2
A Window into Wildness
Dec 27
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Bill Davison
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Rescuing an Owl: Part 1
I started writing for Substack in January 2023.
Dec 20
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Bill Davison
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The Crystal Performance of American Tree Sparrows
A dream-ladder to divinity
Dec 13
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Bill Davison
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Saw-Whet Owls
A memo from the offices of fear
Dec 6
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Bill Davison
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November 2024
The Honorable Harvest
I want to let you in on a little secret.
Nov 29
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Bill Davison
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Deer, Bluegills, and Anxiety
A hurricane of our own making
Nov 22
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Bill Davison
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A Restless Flock
We have much in common, yet we tend to fixate on what divides us.
Nov 15
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Bill Davison
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A Trusting Jay
Blue Jays are clever and complicated, just like us.
Nov 8
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Bill Davison
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Urban Birding: Finding Peace Amidst the Noise
Being with the finches, I realized this is it—this is my life.
Nov 1
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Bill Davison
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October 2024
Dancing in the Leaves
Becoming enamored with leaf litter
Oct 25
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Bill Davison
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Catbirds and kindness
The undefended heart
Oct 18
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Bill Davison
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Hawk Watching: A Wild Lullaby
Excitement and dust mingled in the air as we grabbed our gear and joined a long line of people walking up a gravel road.
Oct 11
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Bill Davison
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Finding Delight in Fall
Mercy and I just returned from a hawk-watching trip to Duluth, Minnesota.
Oct 4
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Bill Davison
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September 2024
On Eating Yellow Jacket Nests: A Waffle Topped with Fury
I followed a well-worn path through an opening in low-hanging branches of trees and shrubs; newly fallen leaves crunched underfoot, and the scent of…
Sep 27
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Bill Davison
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On Eating Yellow Jacket Nests: A Waffle Topped with Fury
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How to Get Close to Birds
Think back to when you were interested in befriending another kid in high school.
Sep 20
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Bill Davison
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The Sound of Finch Dreams
I have a writing deadline on September 15 for a book chapter on American persimmons.
Sep 13
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Bill Davison
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A Trusting Goldfinch
I was picking apples in our backyard when I noticed a family of American goldfinches fly into a patch of sunflowers in our garden.
Sep 6
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Bill Davison
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August 2024
Can Your Coffee Habit Support Bird Habitat?
A Blackburnian Warbler flutters through the canopy and settles in the open for a few tantalizing seconds, her subtle orange hue accentuated by the first…
Aug 30
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Bill Davison
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Can Your Coffee Habit Support Bird Habitat?
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An Unbroken Circle
Migrating birds sweep over us in an epic seasonal ebb and flow.
Aug 23
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Bill Davison
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Purple Tumblers of the Sky
Purple martins in the eastern United States depend on people for nesting locations.
Aug 16
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Bill Davison
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Hungry for Light
Our Town’s Parks Department hosted a mothing event last week in collaboration with the Urban Butterfly Initiative. It was a rare late night for me. We…
Aug 9
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Bill Davison
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A Drop of Terrestrial Fire
Where do passions find room in so diminutive a body?
Aug 2
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Bill Davison
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July 2024
Planting Ourselves Again in the Universe
I had just finished planting seeds and weeding in my garden when a light rain started to fall.
Jul 26
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Bill Davison
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Gardening for Birds
Our garden begins a few steps outside our back door, and a winding path takes me past a tart cherry tree, under the canopy of a pear, along the edge of…
Jul 19
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Bill Davison
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