Love Letters to Birds
Kelly C. BallantyneAn exploration of the beauty and wonder of birds through writing, illustration, and photography. Join in to fall in love with a different bird each week.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 52 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Let's Sketch Piping Plovers! [Live Event Replay]
Thank you to everyone who was able to join in for this session. If you sketched along during the session or during the replay, I’d love to hear how it went. Also, have you tried field sketching live birds? Let me know what you love about it...
The 2026 Chicago Piping Plover season has begun!
Just as I was winding down on Monday evening, text message alerts started coming in. First came the text from Matt, which read simply “MANNY.” Kevin’s reply followed almost immediately: “He's back too???”
“Too?!?” I wondered to myself. I’...
Birding through a Nature Journaling Lens
Hello dear readers!
I’m excited to share that after a one year hiatus, I’m resuming the Grasshopper Sparrow Journals! If you are a newer subscriber and unfamiliar with this project, the Grasshopper Sparrow Journals is a nature journaling...
Let's Sketch Red-winged Blackbirds! [Live Event Replay]
Introductions and Emo Bird Week @ 0:00
The meeting began with participants introducing themselves and their locations. I explained that the focus of the session would be on sketching red-winged blackbirds, which I consider to be the most “...
Birds I met in Minnesota
As tempting as it is to dive headfirst into migration mania, which I’ve already gotten a taste of with the arrival of American Woodcocks this week, I think the many wonderful birds I met in Minnesota still deserve a shout out. So here’s my...
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Bird Artist. Nature Journaling Educator. Birding Evangelist. Sometimes a veterinary behaviorist, always a cat lady.
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