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When she was working as an environmental educator, Day Scott says she was more excited about reptiles and plants than birds.

But that changed for her after a car accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury.

After my accident, I wasn't able to talk clearly. I wasn't able to walk without assistance.

And one of the things I used to do is go sit in my kitchen dining room area at a really big picture window and every morning I would have tea and just look out the window.

The birds at Day's feeder put on a show through the window. The birds at Day's feeder put on a show through the window.

I started noticing bird behavior and it made me laugh because I would see birds basically squatting each other with their wings

and fighting over the feeder and being possessive of who could be at the feeder,

even if it was like the same species.

After seasons change, I got more feeders and I ended up with

probably about 15 different species in my yard that I could observe.

Day eventually began writing stories about the birds. She shared them with people

along with her photos on Instagram.

It was the thing that took me away from basically the hurt and the heartbreak I was experiencing through all the therapies that didn't seem to be working at the time for me and they were just my source of joy and I just went with it.

Learn more about days writing, photography, and bird research on our website.

Birdnote.org. I'm Joni's Franklin.