2022-08-14 High Island

I left Kansas with Texas as my destination. The drive required three long days of driving. On the first two days, I covered about 300 miles each day. But the…

2022-08-10 A Taste of Kansas

My tour of Kansas came to an end, but I spent only a little time with my camera on the birds. The primary obstacles to my birding endeavors were the…

2022-07-21 Nebraska’s Sandhills

As I pen this story, I’m in northeast Kansas. By my calculation, I’ve been traveling for over 12,000 miles on this trip, with miles to go before I sleep. The…

2022-07-18 Devil’s Tower & The Black Hills

I crossed south of the 49th parallel on Saturday, July 16. It took me two days of driving south to cross the broad prairies of eastern Montana, and I found…

2022-07-16 Adieu Canada

This saga spans the last five nights and six days I spent in Canada on my 2022 expedition. It focuses on southern Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park, just a few short…

2022-07-09,10,11 A Long Drive To South Saskatchewan

Rain caught up with me on my drive away from Slave Lake, and I found an out-of-the-way place to park in Lac La Biche, further east in Alberta. There were…

2022-07-06 Revisiting Lesser Slave Lake

I spent Tuesday night at the Slave Lake Walmart, and I broke my fast at the Sawridge Travel Center, where I have enjoyed dining on my earlier visits. I explored…

2022-07-05 Kimiwan Lake

My long drive from Grande Prairie ended Monday at Lake Kimiwan near the Town of McLennan in the province of Alberta. There is a boardwalk over the marsh at the…

2022-07-03 Return to Grande Prairie

When I arrived in Grande Prairie, I drove straight to Crystal Lake and spent a few hours there (read about my earlier visit Here!). There weren’t many new actors on…

2022-07-02 Piper Pond

I spent time north of Dawson Creek at a location called Piper Pond. I had heard there were Rusty Blackbirds there, and I hoped to gather some images. When I…