Birding is Mya's hobby and she says she's pretty new at it. "Writing has a tendency to keep me inside, chained to the computer. I needed a hobby that would help me get outdoors--birding did that, but not in ways I expected!"

"Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover the natural pauses. He is a writer who used pen and ink. He looked up from the page a lot, I believe, stared through his window and listened to birds, as most writers who are alone do." --- Michael Ondaatje "The English Patient"

Excerpts from Mya's birding journals beginning around 2001:

A chickadee with an attitude
Nature's watchdogs
Call of the jays
Birds around the block
A whistling mystery solved
Dangerous Obstructions

Mya will be uploading other excerpts and photos from her birding journal from time to time. If you enjoyed the excerpts and would like to comment on them, you may do so on the new birding chat on Mya's forum.

You may also enjoy visiting www.backyardbirding.org for annotated birding links.