Welcome to Grandma Dee’s Birds and Such where you will find all sorts of interesting information and hundreds of photos of wild birds. This site is also the doorway to my online store where you can buy merchandise -- tee shirts, mugs, cards, calendars, magnets, and more -- bearing my nature photographs. The second storefront in the navigational bar is to my greeting card store where you will over three thousand cards for all occasions featuring my nature art. Notice the navigational bar at the top of each page. To navigate this site (the one you’re on now) you will choose from the links in the first row. The second and third rows will take you to areas in my online stores.

To immediately see a clickable listing of all wild birds on this site, scroll to the bottom of this page or click here.

I hope you enjoy all the images and information, and please browse through my stores before you leave.

Did you know that the Common Gallinule (above) can walk on water? Well, almost. See those big long toes -- well, with those he can travel the length of a pond by walking on tops of lily pads and other vegetation without sinking.

If you're interested in greeting cards for all occasions featuring my nature photos, click on the third line of the navigational bar and you'll be taken to my card shop.

Could this young Brown Pelican be training for the opera? Not hardly! To find out what he's really doing, read all about him by clicking here.

Bibliography

No bird is included on this site that I have not personally observed and all photographs were taken by me unless noted otherwise. There are many reference books, however, that I use to study about these birds so I can better understand them. If you would like to see a list of the reference books I've used in learning and writing about birds, click here.

Would you believe I once thought this little fellow above, a Cattle Egret, as being a rather "common-looking" bird. How wrong I was! Find out more about this magnificent bird by clicking here.

What’s with the bump on his nose/bill? This American White Pelican is a fascinating bird. To find more about him and his bump, click here.

You snooze, you lose! Even at just two days old, this baby Cattle Egret knows you have to be awake when mama returns to the nest with breakfast. His younger sibling is just one day old. To see more of this charming twosome, click here.

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The lovely 5-month-old Sandhill Crane youngster below is not missing out on anything. He and his mother chose the shade under a tree in our backyard for an afternoon nap. To find out more about Sandhills, click here.

The free downloads below can be used as screen savers. Just click on the thumnail images and you will be taken to a page where you can download them.

Can you believe this little fellow grows up to be one of nature's loveliest birds? To see more of his family, click here.