2024-05-07 Davis Mountains
Following the past few enjoyable days at Kickapoo Caverns, I continued moving west toward my San Diego home. However, I had not quite finished with Texas, and Texas had not…
Memories of McIntyre Marsh
I first visited McIntyre Marsh in June-2005 during my stop-over in Whitehorse Yukon while traveling to Alaska. It would be seventeen years later that I would return to enjoy the…
Memories of Applegate Valley
I first explored the Upper Applegate Valley in June-2015. Oregon Route 238 leaves Jacksonville Oregon, eventually following the Applegate River to Applegate Lake for 28 miles, and continues south to…
Memories of Redington Road
In 2004, I was just beginning my education about birds and how to capture them in my images. It was an exciting time for me. Many of my meetings with…
2024 Big Sit at the National Butterfly Center
The first shift’s vigil at the National Butterfly Center’s “Big Sit” event began on Sunday at 5:00am. The sunlight had not begun to show. In the darkness, we could hear…
Memories of the Klamath River Mouth
On 2017-09-12, I drove south from Crescent City and found the Klamath River Mouth where River Otters entertained me. I spent the night right there and drove a short distance…
2024-04-22 SPI Convention Centre
Near mid-day the sky began a light rain at Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary. So, having already captured so many birds my head was spinning, I collected my gear and headed back…
2024-04-22 Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary
Monday, the birding gods blessed us with a *significant* fallout. Most of us here have seen a *MAJOR* fallout, where birds carpeted the lawns and filled the trees. Monday’s event…
2024-04-20 South Padre Island
Friday, I extended my stay at Andy Bowie Park for another two days. If the storms come in this weekend, it may bring the high-flying migrating warblers down to our…
Memories of Burns Oregon
On 2022-04-24, after a long drive from Joseph (Oregon), I arrived in Burns late Saturday afternoon. Rather than surrendering to fatigue, I drove through the region just north of town…