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Memories of Lake Erie’s Northern Shore
Memories of Lake Erie’s Northern Shore

2023-05-13 Long Point on Lake Erie While visiting with my friend Judy in Ontario Canada, she offered to escort me to a few of her favorite birding destinations, and Saturday…

Memories of Minesing Wetlands
Memories of Minesing Wetlands

2023-05-18 A Quick Tour Of McKinnon Road Thursday, I drove north, towards my friend’s cottage near the shore of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. I planned a few stops along…

2024-05-07 Davis Mountains
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…

2024-04-19 SPI Convention Centre
2024-04-19 SPI Convention Centre

Despite the slowness of birding on the island, there were still a few treasures to be mined. I had been splitting my time between the Birding and Nature Center and…

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…

2023-06-11 Middle Creek – PA
2023-06-11 Middle Creek – PA

2023-06-11 Sunday After a week enjoying the hospitality of my long-time friends Jeff and Kathy in Wernersville PA, This morning I’m on the road again. I used some of my…

2023-06-07 Blue Marsh, PA
2023-06-07 Blue Marsh, PA

After breakfast Wednesday, and a few errands, I drove a few miles from Wernersville PA, to a reserve called Blue Marsh. I didn’t have much background information about the place,…

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…

2023-05-25 Return to McKinnon Road
2023-05-25 Return to McKinnon Road

After a lovely week in the Township of Tiny Ontario, I said goodbye to the region and the friends I made there. I made two stops on my drive back…

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…

2023-05-13 Ontario’s Bronte Harbour & Long Point
2023-05-13 Ontario’s Bronte Harbour & Long Point

While visiting with my friend Judy in Ontario Canada, she offered to escort me to a few of her favorite birding destinations, and Saturday we spent the day on the…

2021-04-17 SPI, Great Birds, Lousy Weather
2021-04-17 SPI, Great Birds, Lousy Weather

Well friends, I said I would limit my photo shooting time in the field to half days. The strategy would allow me to process my images and tell my stories…

2021-03-16 SPI Convention Centre
2021-03-16 SPI Convention Centre

On this early Tuesday morning, cloudy gray skies greeted me at the South Padre Island Convention Centre (SPICC). I investigated the center’s bayside and its boardwalks, but the birds were…

2021-02-01 Got To Get Back To South Padre
2021-02-01 Got To Get Back To South Padre

Visiting South Padre Island has never disappointed me. I began February with a visit to test this trend, and it fulfilled its promise to entertain, though a slow start in…

2017-08-19 Willard Bay
2017-08-19 Willard Bay

Willard Bay was a last-minute addition to our ad hoc tour schedule for the Salt Lake City area. Our time in this state park was all too brief. Even so,…