Pocatello & Blackfoot Environs Feb 2021
February 9, 2021
2/5/21 Around Pocatello & Blackfoot Cold but clear and spring may be coming Gadwalls Tundra Swans Mule Deer
Author: blueravenbirding
Time Travel: Pecos National Historic Park – 2008
February 2, 2021
Visiting Pecos National Historic Park 3/26/2008 This park was amazing and even better on the way into the park I spotted my first ever Pinyon jays. Signage about Pecos Pueblo Present and former glory Former walls A view Signage about the largest Mission Church One way to be sure people stay on the pathways Mission … More Time Travel: Pecos National Historic Park – 2008
Time Travel: Big Bend 2008
January 26, 2021
A day of driving and birding March 18, 2008 And apparently very little photography though I did see some new birds: Chihuahua ravens, Curve billed thrasher, Scaled quail, Cave swallows, Mexican jays, Canyon towhees, Black throated sparrows, and Mexican mallards An entrance The Ranch at Big Bend where we spotted many birds Water in the … More Time Travel: Big Bend 2008
Time Travel: Fort Leaton and Environs 2008
January 19, 2021
A day of driving and birding March 17, 2008 We saw many birds including Pyrrhuloxias!! They never stayed put long enough to get a photo. One of the several wild peccaries we saw cross the road Texas land of the Longhorns Abandoned adobe on the Pinto Canyon road I wish I knew if these were … More Time Travel: Fort Leaton and Environs 2008
Time Travel: Saguaro National Monument 2008
January 12, 2021
Saguaro Natonal Monument March 11, 2008 https://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm I have no photos but there were Greater roadrunners, and Gila woodpeckers. The drive Prickly pear and Barrel cacti Saguaro in the wild More Buckhorn cholla Even though it was morning the sun and heat were ever present. Saguaro and Ocotillo. I think Ocotillo looks a lot like … More Time Travel: Saguaro National Monument 2008
Jenny’s bird list for 2020
January 5, 2021
Jenny’s bird list for 2020 Bald eagle – Jan 2020 2020 was not my best birding year. With Coronavirus sending me into confinement I only went birding a few times and in my usual locations. No new birds seen this year, but I treasured the ones that I did get out to see. My house … More Jenny’s bird list for 2020
Mining the Past: Caribou
December 29, 2020
I have been very lucky to be able to go to Alaska on occasion. May 18, 2012 my Melinda and I visited our friend Arlene and she took us on a grand adventure, driving from Valdez to Anchorage. We saw so many amazing things but one of my favorites was of a Caribou which elicited … More Mining the Past: Caribou
A Miscellany of facts about Long Billed Curlews
December 22, 2020
April 2019 at Bear River Refuge ONE Roland L. Redmond, Donald A. Jenni, Roland L. Redmond, and Donald A. Jenni. 1982. “Natal Philopatry and Breeding Area Fidelity of Long-Billed Curlews (Numenius Americanus): Patterns and Evolutionary Consequences.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 10 (4): 277–79. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.4599496&site=eds-live&scope=site. Male long billed curlews are more likely to return to their … More A Miscellany of facts about Long Billed Curlews
Time Travel: White Tank Park 2008
December 15, 2020
White Tank Mountain Regional Park March 8, 2008 I really fell in love with cacti on this trip From the window of the car Unarmed saguaro Many armed saguaros Buckhorn cholla My sister Jaime Prickly pear Awesome petroglyph Hedgehog cacti HUGE barrel cacti Last but not least my favorite: Teddy bear cholla Yes there were … More Time Travel: White Tank Park 2008
Time Travel: Wildlife Park 2008
December 8, 2020
Arizona Wildlife Park March 14, 2008 I visited my sisters Sarah and Jaime and they took me to this Wildlife Park. I have no idea where it actually was but it must have been near Phoenix. Yes there were other animals at the park, but of course I focused on birds. My first Black bellied … More Time Travel: Wildlife Park 2008
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