Birds I Have Known

Bird Gallery Update: Now Completed
Bird Gallery Update: Now Completed

Before my recent surgery on Oct-25, I’d completed the revisions for the descriptions on all but one group of birds in my collection. That group was the Pelagic set. For…

Warbler Galleries Updated
Warbler Galleries Updated

With 40 species in the set, it was quite a chore to get them all updated. It is still an educational experience for me to sift through scholarly articles looking…

Revisions, and My Continuing Education
Revisions, and My Continuing Education

I finished revising the collection of birds in the “Thrush” clan, and earlier this week I completed revisions to the “Thrasher” clan. Both sets are now ready for prime-time viewing…

Is It Your Tern To Swallow?
Is It Your Tern To Swallow?

In between my MacGyvering projects with the RV, I’m working on the species galleries. I’ve been revising these accounts and their descriptions most of this year (2021). In July, I…

Updates To The “Sparrow” Galleries
Updates To The “Sparrow” Galleries

I’ve finished revising the species collection I call “Sparrows”. Besides the classic sparrows, it includes buntings, juncos, and towhees. There are 39 species in this set. Included now with the…

Updates To The “Shorebirds” Collection
Updates To The “Shorebirds” Collection

I’m working my way down the list of species in my collection, group-by-group. Some of these pseudo families are extensive, and rather than sharing a set of these larger collections,…

2021-07-31, More From Behind The Scenes
2021-07-31, More From Behind The Scenes

My RV projects are going well, but slow. I found a few weaknesses in the boat-lift (I’ll have to share details sometime, but not just now.) I still have some…

Working Behind The Scenes
Working Behind The Scenes

Since returning home from my second expedition to Texas this spring, I’ve occupied my time with improvements to my RV. The time I spent on the road these past months…

2020-11-02 Recent Updates
2020-11-02 Recent Updates

Considering we are into November here in Idaho, the weather has been mild. Days have been mostly in the sixties, while nights have been in the twenties and thirties. I’ve…

Ever Closer To Hitting The Road
Ever Closer To Hitting The Road

When I returned home in late May of this year from my Texas expedition, I expected it to be a couple of months before I would embark on a new…

Recent Massive Gallery Updates
Recent Massive Gallery Updates

I’ve been busy cataloging images from my Texas expedition and updating the bird galleries on the Birds I Have Known pages. It was a lot of work, but I’ve just…

2018-06-16 Busted Web Pages
2018-06-16 Busted Web Pages

The notes about my previous unpleasant experiences don’t apply anymore. As of July 2019, I’m finally seeing the materialization of my vision. It has been a challenge to find a…