We had a very successful Birds and Blooms 2025 Retreat, at Camp Allen on March 21- 23, 2025. We talked about how we protect our fragile nature, birds, plants, insects. Watched wild birds in their natural habitat, enjoyed good nature movies and learned a lot from the excellent presentations. We were delighted to see Mary Anne and Trey Morris nature conservancy and bird rehabilitation efforts. Big thank you for the organizers Leslie Call(Programs and Activities at Camp Allen) for their kind hospitality, for the excellent food and for the friendly, nature loving environment. Everybody was happy.
“The sound of birds stopped the noise in my mind”(by Carolin Simon)
On my previous post, I listed the program, but I did not have the Presenter’s Bios. Now, I am attaching those, and a few additional informations and a few of my memory pictures, taken during the Birds and Blooms 2025 retreat:
Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM: “Birds of Grimes County”
Presentation n on March 22, 2025 at 2 PM: “Butterfly Gardening”Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 12 PM: “Exploring the Northwest”, and Presentation on March 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM:”The Art and Technique of Plant Photography”Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 9 AM: “Birding for Beginners”Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 10 AM: “Creating Artistic Images by Getting Closer”Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 11AM: “Why Native Plants?”March 23, 2025 at 7 AM: “Early Morning Photography”, and March 23, 2025 at 9 AM: “Botanical Art Class” and March 23, 2025 at 11 AM: “Raptors and Reptiles, Met and Greet”Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM: “Hummingbirds and More of Ecuador”Presentation on March 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM: “Forest Therapy”We had a fun time on the Friday evening Bird game. I drew and presented our newly discovered bird species: Name : Blue-legged Bird of Paradise (Scientific name unknown…). The bird is a seed eater, lives in the deep Tropical Rainforest, its mating ritual is dancing and its bird call sounds: …opaauuuuu…
