American Goldfinch

2023-06-19 Harrisonburg VA Region
2023-06-19 Harrisonburg VA Region

I pulled into Harrisonburg VA from Strasburg on Sunday. Before I hit the road, I scouted the region for promising locations to find birds. There were three places that seemed…

2023-06-13 Sky Meadows – VA
2023-06-13 Sky Meadows – VA

2023-06-13 Tuesday A rainstorm hindered my drive away from Harrisburg Monday morning. With a forecast of bad weather for the day, there was no reason to push hard for my…

2023-06-07, A Week In Wernersville, PA
2023-06-07, A Week In Wernersville, PA

I left Canada five days ago without a clear plan for my drive south. After all, I had Nova Scotia in my sights when I left San Diego last March.…

2023-06-01 Presqu’ile Park, Ontario
2023-06-01 Presqu’ile Park, Ontario

It had been three weeks since I crossed into Canada near Detroit. In that time, I have squeezed in many memories. Point Pelee was my first stop, but it was…

2023-05-20 Two Days At Legendary Wye Marsh
2023-05-20 Two Days At Legendary Wye Marsh

Friday after breakfast, I drove twenty minutes east from Tiny Township to Midland Ontario. There, on the southern edge of town, lies a wetland called Wye Marsh. A 3000 acre…

2023-05-05 Dayton Ohio
2023-05-05 Dayton Ohio

While visiting with my friends in South Dayton, I found time to meet some of the local birds. Bruce and Loretta provide an array of bird feeders, so I sampled…

2021-02-19 Bentsen RGVSP Again
2021-02-19 Bentsen RGVSP Again

I wanted to wait for my bicycle to finish up in the shop before I attempted more explorations of Bentsen Rio Grande State Park. South Texas has been hard hit…

2021-02-16 Bentsen RGV State Park
2021-02-16 Bentsen RGV State Park

Another cold morning it was in South Texas this past Tuesday, but I was determined to get out and explore the region. The camp where I’m staying is only 1.5…

2020-12-17 Wednesday At The Rio Grande Nature Center
2020-12-17 Wednesday At The Rio Grande Nature Center

There is a small reserve on the northwestern edge of Albuquerque that I have enjoyed since some of my earliest visits to the region. It is the Rio Grande Nature…

2013-05-03 TJRV Dairy Mart Ponds
2013-05-03 TJRV Dairy Mart Ponds

The Dairy Mart Ponds and the Bird and Butterfly Gardens are two well-known places along the Tijuana River for attracting unusual birds, especially during migration. In the 1950s, the dairy…

2015-06-15 Eureka to Fort Ross
2015-06-15 Eureka to Fort Ross

I gathered the images on display here while driving south from Eureka to Fort Ross via the Mattole Road in Humboldt County, California. The southbound Mattole Road leaves US-101 south…

2015-01-27 Tijuana River Valley
2015-01-27 Tijuana River Valley

I went on this day, seeking a reported Eastern Phoebe, a bird that does not belong on the west coast (guess we forgot to tell this bird). While I roamed…