Birding with Tucker

all about my birding and outdoor adventures in Iowa and beyond

April 14, 2009

The First Leaves of Spring

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Thank you for visiting and taking the time to read my blog. I created it to keep friends (and any one else that visits) informed about my birding adventures and also to show young people that adults are not the only ones that love birdwatching. So check in often for pictures and writings about the birds and other wildlife I see. Enjoy!

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About Me

Tucker L: Sioux City (near), Iowa, United States; I am a 17 year old birder and Eagle Scout from western Iowa. I live in a small town of about 250 people where the main mode of transportation around town to many is a lawnmower, four wheeler, or a golf cart and where stray cats seem to outnumber the people! I have been interested in birds since I was seven when I got a leather bound Audubon bird book from my next door neighbor who was dying of leukemia. Since then I have been interested in birds and I have loved the outdoors as long as I can remember. I really got crazy about birds when I joined the Audubon Society when I was 11. I am currently secretary for the local Audubon chapter and am writing the "Fledgling Tracts" article for the magazine South Dakota Bird Notes. My birding optics are 10x42 Nikon Monarch binoculars and a 15-45 power Leupold Sequoia Scope (hoping for Swarovski one day). My camera is an 18x optical zoom Panasonic DMC FZ-18. I currently have 468 life birds, with Boreal Owl as the 300th. Although birds are my specialty, mammals and butterflies are also of interest to me as well as prairie plants. Now that I think about it, all aspects of nature interest me.

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Upcoming Trips

2010

Set in Stone:
Washington State-Seattle, Mount Rainier, Olympic NP

2011

Very Likely:
Alaska-Glacier Bay National Park via plane to Seattle, Ferry to Juneau

Portugal, Spain, France

Remotely Possible:
-Camp Tejano (Big Bend area, Texas): July

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Then click on the link below to see more on my Flickr Webpage.

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My Favorite Blogs

Adventures of Bird Girl

Important General Knowledge Information
11 years ago
Ali's Birding Journal

Agen Bola Terpercaya : Argentina Must Stop Spoiling Messi
11 years ago
ALONE ON A BOREAL STAGE

Happy New Year
6 years ago
Ask the Birds and They Will Tell You

Back from South America
11 years ago
Bill of the Birds on Blogspot

Spring Migration 2017, Part 2
9 years ago
BirdBoy

Memorial Day Vermont
15 years ago
Birding to the EDG
Birding with Kenn and Kim

Painted Turtle Update!
9 years ago
BrdPics

Bird Book of the Year?
14 years ago
Colder By The Lake Birding
Cory's Blog

The Edges of Costa Rica -- Deep South
6 years ago
Dawns bloggy blog

A walk in the woods
7 years ago
Earthbirds Blog

Where in the world did she go?
14 years ago
Ecobirder

Florida Scrub-jay
9 years ago
Hasty Brook

Three Life Birds and Many New Friends
14 years ago
J'ellen in The Black Hills

New Florida Blog is Online
14 years ago
Josh Covill's birding blog

Harris's Sparrow on the Winter Solstice
9 years ago
Leica Bird Blog

Raptors in the Valley
14 years ago
Living Alongside Wildlife

Congratulations to Jason Ward - The First Winner of The Alongside Wildlife Foundation Outreach Award
7 years ago
Mary Birds

Home today
3 years ago
Midwest Bushcraft

Tarp Versatility
14 years ago
Mike and Lizette's Travels and Thoughts

Columbine
15 years ago
Notes from the Wildside
OC Birding

Numerical and pictorial highlights of a cross-continental meander
10 years ago
Ornithology Course

Table of Contents
16 years ago
Ranger Nathan's Adventures
STOKES BIRDING BLOG

Little Blue Heron, Rare inland in MA!
4 months ago
Such-n-Such Bird Blog

We're Growing Up!
14 years ago
Tails of Birding

Rustys and Woodies
9 years ago
The Birding Life

Great Lakes piping plover 2012 breeding season summary
13 years ago
The Early Birder

Coastal Surprise.
7 years ago
The Ramblings of an Iowa Birder

December thoughts
15 years ago
The SW WI Birder

Twitching a wayward finch
11 years ago
Young Birders

Also goodbye
15 years ago

Birdchick

North Minneapolis Heron Rookery Turmoil
5 months ago

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April 14, 2009

The First Leaves of Spring