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Memories of Tucson Arizona’s Reid Park

I have visited Tucson Arizona often, and have found it a town with many venues suitable for chasing bird-life. On 2008-11-27, I traveled there for Thanksgiving with family in Tucson.…

2020-12-06 Wild Ducks at the Albuquerque Zoo

Not everything you find at the zoo is captive. At least that has been my experience at several zoos I’m familiar with. As an example, the San Diego Zoo’s Wild…

2012-05-17 San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park

I wanted to get my money’s worth from the one year pass to the zoo before it expired. My motivation for purchasing the pass was the access I wanted to…

2013-05-05 Nesting at the Safari Park

I returned to the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park this Sunday morning to spend time with the free range birds that exploit the facilities here for nesting. I was not…

2013-04-21 Zoo Safari

I took another look at the Zoo Safari Park (Wild Animal Park) to check on the nesting progress of the free ranging egrets and ibis. It was still early, though…

2014-12-19 Santee Lakes

This post wraps up my retelling of stories from 2014. Tales of 2013 remain to be told, and I hope to spin those yarns soon. I know I’ve been pumping…

2014-03-12 Mount Laguna & Lindo Lake

The town of Mount Laguna, at an elevation of 6000 feet, sits along the scenic “Sunrise Highway” in the mountains of San Diego County. It has a store, restaurant, cabins…

2017-09-07 Central Oregon Coast

A study on “peeping” I awoke at the north end of Coos Bay (North Bend Oregon) to a dense fog, then drove out the Horsfall Beach road. A recommended trail…

2015-07-05 Santee Lakes

My friend and business partner’s second son was born on the Fourth of July last year, and there was a birthday bash at Santee Lakes planned for this day noonish.…