I got into birding back when I was in high school (2012 Senior Year). This was a vital time for me; I picked up my first field guide which was a National Geographic guide to Birds of North America. I checked it out from the James Martin High School Library. I would use it lightly and got some idea of migratory paths. I remember fondly a gull flying overhead and a classmate asking “Why is there a Gull up there? Shouldn’t they be at the beach? Not the norm for a Ring-billed Gull. It was at this point in time I was hooked. Birding is something special to me. Many of my fondest memories and early naturalist trips are of birding. My family and I made many treks to Arkansas, The Texas Coastline, Louisiana, Oklahoma, the Texas Hill Country, The Deserts of Arizona, the forests of Colorado, the wildlands of Kentucky, and Missouri. I have photographed many birds and with insects they are two of my favorite groups that rely on prairies and forests; two of my favorite biomes. To study these layers is to understand relationships that are layered and cemented in destinies combined. In this section you will see my birds series. From migration to just birds being birds.