7 Days to Understand the Language of the Birds Birdwatching is one of the most popular sports in the world. Yet most birdwatchers aren’t listening at all to the real drama going on all around them in the voices of the birds. You can quickly learn about the Language of the Birds and know whether [...]
Articles by Alexia Allen
Alexia Allen is an avid naturalist and birder. She is a Kamana instructor with Wilderness Awareness School and teaches bird language at their Anake Outdoor School. She is also a farmer of sorts, a bee keeper, a spinner and weaver.
Following Fears & Gaining Awareness
When Wilderness Awareness School folks gather, we often pause to thank all the things around us. For me, this has become a powerful reminder of how all life is connected. The plants keep me alive, the sun keeps the plants alive — surely there is nothing that is separate from this whole of Creation. We [...]
Bird Migration
A Redstart gleams glossy black and is gone. Kinglets trickle past me, their high calls scattering south. The birds may be finding their way by seeing the magnetic fields of the earth by virtue of magnetite crystals in their brains, internal compasses that let them perceive magnetism as we would a color. Birds can also [...]
Wild Bird Identification: Bird Watching Basics
When the sandpipers flew up and bunched together into a swirling flock, Katherine and I knew what to look for. We turned our heads to watch the peregrine falcon scything out of the sky towards the small birds. One straggler could not escape the stoop of the falcon. As the tiny bird fell, stunned by [...]
Bird Feather Identification & Exploration
How can we extract more information from the world around us? And hey, look at that crow flying overhead with gaps in its wing feathers! Put the two together and you have one of my favorite activities, a bird feather identification and exploration mystery. By asking questions, along with some guidance on what to look [...]
Bird Language Basics
Listening to birds allows us to become aware of animal activity, to sneak up on wildlife or unsuspecting friends, and to enhance our senses. In my year at Wilderness Awareness School’s Residential Program, in Duvall, Washington, I explored the school’s teachings about birds and awareness. I’ll share some of bird language basics with you. Soon, [...]
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