Hi everyone!
These last few weeks I’ve been doing the mom/work thing.. This week alone has been filled with band/orchestra concerts (5 concerts in 7 nights!!!!!), basketball games, Girl & Boy Scout meetings, holiday parties, the usual grocery shopping/meal planning, school projects etc etc.
Because of all the crazy busy days and nights- I owe you blog posts from the second half of my fabulous foray through Texas and my success in ticking Short-eared Owl (#499!) a couple weeks ago here in Maryland. More on those soon… Perhaps I’ll get to write them after I send out LAST year’s Christmas cards I never sent. Lol!
All in a Mom’s Big Year, right?! 🙂
This weekend we had a dusting of snow….our first of the year! After church, Sunday, I headed over to Maryland’s Eastern shore to see if I could tick #500.
Spend almost 3 hours of driving and 3 hours searching for a reliable Northern Shrike.. but missed it.. It was nowhere to be found! Rats! Thanks to John and Meg Harris from the Howard County Bird Club for making the trek with me!
Now I sit in the airport for my final planned trip for Mom’s Big Year!
Took a moment to look up from my laptop and this is my view. It’s a beaUUUtiful start to what I’m CERTAIN will be an INCREDIBLE trip!
Can you guess where I’m heading?
Hint: I just bought some extra thermals yesterday!
Mom's Big Year 
MOM, SOUNDS LIKE ALASKA TO ME!! DO YOU HAVE A TARGET FOR A FINAL #?? I HAVE BEEN SITTING UP WITH ALL MY BIRD BOOKS READING KINGBIRD HIGHWAY IT IS IN THEW60S IN FLORIDA AM, AND I AM WRAPPED IN A COMFORTER STAY WARM. kEN
Dr. Kenneth L. Kasweck Biology Adjunct Professor Florida Tech University Online, http://www.FloridaTechOnline.com cell phone:321-720-3823
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You can do it Nancy!!! GO NANCY GO!!
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Can’t wait to hear how your FREEZING COLD TRIP turns out!!!!!! You are committed, girlfriend!!!!! Enjoy!!!
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I am so jealous of your Short-eared Owl! You are having a wonderful year and I look forward to your next post! ~ Shannon
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Hi Nancy! We met at the Duluth CBC; apologies, I can’t find your card! Here’s my website:
http://avianecologist.com/
Shoot me a message on the contact form and it will email me, and we’ll be in touch. So great to meet you and check out your blog, great to find another MD female birder, in the “great white north” of all places! Speaking of, tell Bonnie Ott I say hi – it’s been years since I’ve birded with her (hopefully she remembers me lol) but “the sparrow lady” rocks!
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