For the past several years, the Anchorage Audubon chapter has sponsored a field trip to Seward in February. Seward, AK, which in nice conditions is about a 2 to 2 ½ hour trip south of Anchorage, has quite a different variety of winter birds than Anchorage. It’s warmer and enough south that more birds overwinter … More Seward mid-winter field trip
I really hadn’t expected to do another post on my WA visit this time. My original plans were to head back to Seattle, do some shopping, and hit the hotel for an early night. But I did a little shopping and realized I was bored with that, so I headed over to Des Moines (yes, … More A bonus WA post
This time with a memory card in the camera. I’d found a full one in my wallet so I copied everything over to the laptop and deleted all the files so I once again had a mostly empty card. (Okay, I need to be clear here: I’m an archivist. I don’t regard sd cards as … More Whidbey Island and slightly north
So here’s the embarrassing thing. I managed, while working on my LA birding account, not to return my sd card to my camera. And somehow, through umpteen times of turning the camera on and off today, managed to never notice the “no sd card” notice on the screen until I got back to my place … More South Whidbey Island, WA
April 2016 – to West Yellowstone, Mammoth, Bozeman (and rock show), and back to West Yellowstone and home with Shanna, John, & Bill. Trumpter swan, Island Park ID Gibbon river Beryl spring Mammoth terraces Top of the Mammoth terraces Bison Moody terraces Looking down the white terraces at Mammoth Some of us Bison Baby bison Bozeman … More Time Travel: April 2016 Yellowstone
Along with Bolsa Chica, one of my favorite places to bird in the Orange County area (southwest of LA proper) is the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Well, I say favorite but I should probably admit this was only the second time I’ve ever been here and it’s not really like I’ve been birding this vicinity … More Birding Los Angeles part 2
While Alaska Air often puts their ANC-LAX roundtrip direct on sale for January for about $300, being AKAir, it’s an overnighter. You leave Anchorage at close to midnight, get into LAX at close to 6 am. Thankfully I can usually sleep on planes (given shoulder/arm room, that’s about all that’s possible now anyhow) so I’d … More Birding Los Angeles
