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Peter - The trail crew is an amazing group of people!

Thanks Barbara!

I have a flat bladed shovel. I will have to try but not looking forward to digging out more grass either way. Thanks for watching and leaving the tip!!!! Take care.

Thanks for watching! Hope to see you out on the trail someplace!

Gary - Glad you enjoyed the video. Sabine Woods is a great place! Take care!

Jean - Glad you enjoyed seeing all the beautiful birds. The Chuckswill Widow was a new bird for me as I had never seen one before. I am always amazed at the diversity of birds during the migration, amazing! Thanks for watching taking the time to tell me your favorite. Take care!

Susan - Your comment made my day. So happy you enjoyed the video, thank you for taking the time to let me know. Take care!

Milt - Thank you for watching the video for letting me know you enjoyed it as this makes me really happy. Take care!

Glad you enjoyed! I have actually seen a number of these birds stop in my garden as they continue to migrate north. Hopefully we will continue to get more to stop particularly when I add the water feature to the garden. Take care!

O. D.- One of the benefits of living in Houston is the ability to visit the Gulf Coast in the spring to watch these birds migrate north. Its a very short period of time but it is well worth the spending the time and effort to be able to see these amazing creatures. The 10 minutes you saw in the video is based on spending ~10 days (8 hours each day) waiting for birds to show up. Even on a good day the amount of time spent waiting can be challenging. I am glad I was able to share with you and others and that you enjoyed the video. Take care!

Steve - Also nice to meet you. I thought I got a picture of the Lawrence Warbler but can't seem to find it - frustrating! It's amazing you got video!!!!!! I am not an expert in Video and continue to learn by making a lot of mistakes. I understand a lot more than when I started but my execution is still not great. Sorry if I seemed I was preoccupied. The next time we see each other I will make sure to take the time to answer any questions you have. I believe you may have my e-mail or someone from the group should. Feel free to send me a list of questions and I will attempt to answer them as best as I can. There are a lot of great resources on RUclips but they tend to talk from videoing in a very controlled environment vs out in the field with birds in difficult changing light. I try to learn and apply as best as possible and occasionally everything seems to work but I don't always understand why. I delete most of the video I take because it is unusable. Take care!

Debra - good to hear from you and Alan!!!!! Birding on the Texas coast in the spring is hard to beat but I do want to visit McGee Marsh. Do you have any recommended places to visit if I was to make a trip to the West Coast? I have been looking at Point Reyes but am open to other recommendations. Take care!

Bobby - The 20th was a great day and while the birding was very challenging the first 3 weeks of April from the 20th till just after the 25th there were many good days. Glad to hear you were able to get some cool pictures to share with family and friends! Take care!

Laura - Glad you enjoyed the video. Always fun to hear from people who have had the same experience and can recognize what they saw in the video. Take care!

Keith - Glad you like the pictures. I use the merlin app to help identify the birds I don't know or are difficult to identify. I have started to be able to name a number of them on sight and in a few cases by their song. The birds are amazingly beautiful and glad I could share their beauty with others.

Stan - It was so great to meet you in person and be able to spend some time watching the birds together! I am getting better at understanding what I need to capture for a video but the people side is so difficult and I am always afraid I won't get it right. I am super happy you enjoyed your "cameo"!!!!!! Take care and I look forward to seeing you out in the field watching birds.

Don't worry about the people side, you are a natural!!!

Pete - I really enjoyed putting this video together. Glad you like!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures What caliber ... er, focal length, is that howitzer, ... er lens, you are using??

@@petemoreau6055 - EF 800mm f/5.6. I had to sell the boss for over 6 months before I bought it. The good news is I use it all the time and have gotten my money's worth.........well maybe not all of it......

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures I think you have gotten your money's worth ... and it has paid dividends to your viewers. Spectacular shots.

@@petemoreau6055 Thanks Pete!

“PlantMoreTrees” - thank you for your note of encouragement. It was very hard to figure out what is native, finding native plants and figuring out what native plants would grow best but the effort has been so rewarding. Hope you get to watch the other 9 episodes of Rewilding I have published I would be curious what you think?

Wilfred - Not getting to watch the bird migration would be very tough. Glad I could provide a piece of the migration for you to enjoy! Take care and I hope you get to watch next years migration!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

Tom - Thank for watching. I continue to attempt to learn and apply new techniques in the field, in addition to the everlasting quest to learn all the editing skills needed to continue making better and better videos.

Glad you enjoyed the variety of birds we have in the US. One of my favorite birds is the European Robin although I have never seen it, just pictures. Thank you for your comment and have a great day!

Don - I didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked watching the birds this year. The early part of the season was extremely slow and life got in the way many days. I was just thankful I got out at all and first time to see a Nashville Warbler which was very nice. Take care!

Dan - Thank you for pointing out the correction. I am always concerned when I publish a video what mistakes I have made as once its published there is no fixing. I work very had to not include mistakes but after spending so much time putting one of these videos together it becomes hard to see the video with fresh eyes and see the mistakes. Take care!

Dan - I love to hear about these birds being in your area during the summer. Most people are unaware of the warblers which are so small, usually are at the tops of the trees and very hard to spot. The fact that you are able to identify the birds in a split second before the name was provided is impressive! I am getting better at identifying them but it still takes me a while. Take care and thanks for watching!

Wouter - Glad you enjoyed! I will be getting back to an update on the garden soon as I have a lot of footage and also need to start working on the water feature. Take care and thank you for watching and letting me know you enjoyed the video!

You are correct capturing video is extremely challenging, thank you for noticing. I think I used less than 1% of the video I took as it was unusable for a multiple of reasons. The leading problem is the birds are always moving. Capturing a bird in focus for any length of time seems almost impossible. My technique and anticipation of the birds movement is helping. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Take care!

Chris - Hope life is treating you well! Good to hear from you and thanks for the continuing support! Take Care!

Jojo - You have always been a great supporter and that means the world to me!!!!!! Always happy to hear you enjoy a video. Look forward to seeing out in the field soon. Take care!

Glad you enjoyed. I believe the spring migration along the Texas Coast is one of the most amazing events in nature.

Michelle - Always good to hear from you and glad you enjoyed the video!

Thanks for watching and happy you enjoy the videos!

Joan, You are correct, installing the drip was a pain, costly and not easy. I have found I don't use it after the plants were established and I am not installing drip in the other sections of the yard as I turn them over to Mother Nature. Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment. Take care!

I am happy to hear you are spreading he love of Native Plants and rewilding. The more I think about it maybe we are the sane ones and all the people with yards spending large quantities of time and money on with no benefit are the one's with an issue (?) Thanks for watching and leaving your entertaining comment!!!! Take care.

Gideon - The garden and the positive response from people has been one of the most satisfying activities I have been a part of. We have recently had a lot of rain and the garden has exploded with flowers and caterpillars. I continue to be completely amazed on a continuous basis by the transformation of this small piece of ground. So glad you can get a feel of the develop of the garden by the videos. Take care!

Karl - Great question! I rewilded my side yard first as I wanted neighbors to be able to see what I was doing. While it started out with many people expressing doubts, I am unaware of anyone not liking the rewilded garden. If you watch some of the other episodes you will see the garden has acted as an educational vehicle as many people have asked about plants, the purpose for the garden and seen the results as the butterflies and birds fly around using the space. I think it is important in the rewilding process to help other understand the importance of rewilding but also try to make it neighborhood friendly so people don't get upset and get turned off by the efforts to make the world wilder. I feel it is important the number of people who understand why its important to rewild and take out turf grass yards continues to grow and even if some decide not to rewild their yard they support when others do. This can be a very emotional topic for many on both sides of the subject and I am trying to be out front as an advocate but also executing the rewilding in a way more people understand and eventually indorse rewilding. If I only did my back yard it would be only half as much land and every square inch of ground turned back over to Mother Nature is important. This is why I have decided to rewild not only my back yard but my whole yard. Thank you for the question and I hope I provided enough context to help understand what I am rewilding my whole yard. Take care!

Kris - I have been amazed by Mother Nature and what has taken place in the small yard which is now a garden for wildlife. The influence this little piece of ground has had on people is also surprising! If you watch the other 9 episodes (more will be coming in the future) I will be interested in what you think as I suspect you have a lot of experience. Thank you for your support and kind and encouraging comment. Take care!

So glad you are enjoying the rewilding journey! Thank you for leaving a comment. I didn't go into this subject in the video but I did cold stratify some rudbeckia and got them to generate. My biggest issue seems to be getting the plants to grow after the germination. I believe I need to harden and also water more. I will be generating a follow video on this subject in the fall when I attempt more winter sowing. Take care!

Ralph - Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching. Take care.

Thank you! Always glad I can help support people in their journey to a wilder yard!

Glad you enjoyed the video and are one the growing number of "enthusiastic" gardeners!

Anzay - I continue to work to remove all the grass and plan to install a water feature this summer. It has been an amazing journey as I learn more and more about the natural world. I will also be installing next boxes. The garden continue to grow and amaze me. Right now the garden is in full bloom and is strikingly beautiful as I watch the bugs and butteries which seem to be everywhere. Thanks for watching and leaving such a detailed comment. Take care!

Debra - Great to hear from you! Glad you found the video funny! Hope you are seeing great birds this spring. With the first part of the Spring migration being slow and other life commitments I have only been able to get to the coast 4 days this spring. Hoping to add a few more days before the birds have moved on to the northern parts of the continent for the summer. Hope to see you out in the field again soon. Take care!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures Jeff, hope you are able to get to the coast again! In February, we went to Costa Rica for 2 weeks and it was wonderful. We found an excellent guide, visited some great locations and saw lots of beautiful birds. We haven't done much birding since then, but in May we plan to go to Magee Marsh in northwest OH. It is one of the best spring warbler locations in US. Hope you get in some more good birding before spring ends and will be looking forward to the next video!!! Debra & Alan

I have started adding grasses but have noticed the trees are starting to shade more and more of the garden. I have added Inland see oats and little blue stem to start and will be adding others in the future. Its taken me a while but I understand how important the native grasses are for so many reasons. Thanks for your comment which encourages me to continue to add additional grasses! Take care!

Keith - glad you enjoyed my sense of humor in this video. Not having hair and then having some, about drove me crazy - on my face in my mouth..... Anyone planting is making a difference. Thank you for caring about nature and taking actions to preserve and restore the space around you. Take care!