Birding is So Metal, Part III: The Fashion Scene

Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of Vanessa’s Birding is So Metal series.  If you enjoy this column, check out “Finding the Scene” and “Scene Etiquette.”   I am no fashion plate. I’ve been known to wear the same pair of jeans for weeks, until they get up and walk themselves to the… Continue reading Birding is So Metal, Part III: The Fashion Scene

Birding is So Metal, Part II: Scene Etiquette and the Painted Bunting

Editor’s Note — This is the second in a series on a hobby that’s pretty freakin’ metal: birding.  (That’s “bird-watching” for all you noobs who don’t even have a Slayer patch on your battle vest.)  Read “Birding is So Metal, Part I: Finding the Scene” here. Just over a year into my birding career I… Continue reading Birding is So Metal, Part II: Scene Etiquette and the Painted Bunting

Birding is So Metal, Part I: Finding the Scene

Pileated Woodpecker at Bartlett Arboretum

On a beautiful sunny day near the end of October I walked into the woods behind Cove Island Park with my binoculars and camera, ready to take pictures of birds and other wildlife. This is my thing. It has been for almost four years. When out and about with my camera I am in my… Continue reading Birding is So Metal, Part I: Finding the Scene