Brown-Headed Cowbird
2024-04-14 Sunday at Laguna Atascosa
2024-04-12 Friday I wanted to stay at Andy Bowie County Park while on South Padre Island. Before leaving Midland, Texas, I worked on getting a space reserved for Sunday, Monday,…
Memories of Clark Dry Lake
2013-04-27 Borrego’s Clark Dry Lake Birds I made several fruitless thrasher hunts during the first half of 2013, and while I failed to locate the Le Conte’s Thrashers I had…
Memories of Aspendell California
Twice, I’ve visited this alpine community towering at an elevation of 8400 feet over the 4100 foot Owen’s Valley below, where the town of Bishop is located. Bishop, a small…
Memories of Red Rock Feedlot
Red Rock Arizona is in Pinal County, located off the I-10 between Picacho and Marana. There is a feedlot two miles east of town that sometimes hosts rare doves and…
Memories of Bear River, UT
Twice, I have cruised through the wetlands of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. These fields, ponds and marshes lie at the northeastern margins of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Following are…
2023-07-04~08 In The Davis Mountains
I stayed four nights at Davis Mountains State Park. For $20 a night with electricity, it was a bargain. I hoped it would give me a chance to make progress…
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…
2023-04-27 Baker Wetlands, Lawrence Kansas
Thursday, I rode my bike through the center of the Baker Wetlands south of Lawrence Kansas, and spent the day hoping for, but not finding, an American Woodcock. Far from…
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…
2022-06-03 Charlie Lake, BC
Just north of Saint John BC is Charlie Lake. It is both a body of water and community. I stayed there on my way to Alaska in 2005, and I…
2022-05-21 Saturday in Lewistown Montana
Friday’s foul weather convinced me to find somewhere in Lewistown to settle in for the day. I found a large, unused parking area north of town, between the fairgrounds and…
2022-03-13 Crescent City to the Collier Tunnel
Citizens Dock and the boat basin in Crescent City’s harbor have provided me with many productive bird meetings in my past travels through this region. During my past visits to…
2021-04-15 SPI And Three Bags Full
I had an exceptional day at the SPI Convention Centre. I met three new bird species: Veery, Dickcissel, and Black-Billed Cuckoo. Not that the rest of the birds I met…
2020-05-27 Arivaca Cienega
After my visit to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum on Tuesday morning, I drove south 170 miles to Arivaca. The route I chose was not conventional, and I passed through Three…
2013-04-27 Borrego’s Clark Dry Lake Birds
I made several fruitless thrasher hunts during the first half of 2013, and while I failed to locate the Le Conte’s Thrashers I had hoped for on these trips, I…
2017-06-17~20 Cottonwood Springs (Part 2)
On my previous post I shared images of the players in the Rat Theater, but I also had some nice avian encounters during this expedition. Mockingbirds, Mourning Doves and House…
2017-05-04 Arivaca Cienega
Thursday morning I got out early to the Cienega at Arivaca, one of my favorite birding locations. Here I found Hermit Warblers, Orange-Crowned Warblers, Lucy’s Warblers, Brewer’s Sparrows, Vermilion Flycatchers,…
2016-04-20 Dirty Socks Spring
2016-04-20 Wednesday The local birding community is well aware of Dirty Socks Spring. At the southern edge of the Owens Lake basin, it used to be a county park with…
2015-06-02 Malheur Run
My stay in Payette now past, I headed into eastern Oregon with my eye on the prize of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The two-lane highway (US-20) parallels the…
2015-05-12 Two Days At Bear River
The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, west of Brigham City Utah is 80,000 acres of marsh, open water, uplands, and alkali mudflats. There is a one-way dirt track loop through…