I am currently living in Taiwan and do not have a large community or support group, but with birds I’m never alone and always have nature around. I have loved your courses and getting to know the birds here. Ive started journaling, and sketching the birds i see and like. I am torn between choosing to go birding and staying home to sketch/paint my favorites from a previous trip. Great courses, Well done!
When driving through Iowa in the 1970s, on both highways and gravel roads, our windows would become so smeared with dead bugs we had to stop every 1 1/2 hours or so to clean the windows. Now, 2022, we have no such problem. The loss of so many insects just has to be a negative event, affecting so many organisms, birds included of course!