A Welcome from Elece

Welcome to my backyard. I hope to share with you informative articles and inspirational essays about the art and science of birdwatching. Let me introduce you to the birds I love to feed and watch. I will give you answers to some of your bird questions and also include quotations and tidbits of bird lore that I have gathered over my years of bird watching.

I have lived in six states in the USA—Washington, Texas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Michigan and Oklahoma. I became fascinated with birds when as a child I was taken by my grandmother, Cleo Brink, to her office at the Audubon Society. Grandmother showed me stacks of pages which were being assembled into a bird book. Later, we visited a park where she showed me large pearly white goose eggs. I was hooked! I have watched and studied birds ever since!

Again, welcome to my place,

Elece's Bio

Elece’s articles are about attracting birds to your backyard, bird recognition, caring for feeders, feeding methods, birdhouses, birdbaths, common and unusual birds, bird behavior and special concerns for backyard birdwatchers. Those of you who love birds will also enjoy an occasional poem or essay about her favorite subject—the wonderful kingdom of birds.

Elece now lives in rural Oklahoma where she loves to observe the prairie and its birds. She has been able to observe the Boynton Egrets, migrating White American Pelicans, domesticated Ostriches and Emus, Wild Turkeys, wintering Snow Geese, Red-tailed Hawks, Dark-eyed Juncos, Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, and the wonderful Red-winged Blackbirds. Her favorite birds are the Great Horned Owl, American Goldfinch and the Eastern Meadowlark.

Elece is a graduate of the Apprentice level of the Christian Writers’ Guild, and is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Writers. She writes unit studies on science topics, including birds, for Home School Enrichment magazine  and other teaching magazines. Elece Hollis also writes kid’s activities, teaching children the wholesome fun of bird watching. Elece writes parenting articles, family stories, humor, poetry, and book reviews. She is a leader of the Okmulgee Area Home School Association and writes a column for stay-at-home moms called What’s Good About Home.