Friday February 15, 2019 I needed to catch a plane at the Salt Lake City airport Saturday morning so I maximized my birding options and drove down Friday evening so I could bird the Bear River Refuge. I love that it is located between my home and the airport. I have rarely come out to … More Bear River Refuge – Feb 2019
American Robin February 10, 2019 The American robin a ubiquitous bird heralding spring but coming in a flock of 30 or more to my house. “The American robin is a migratory songbird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, … More American Robins
December 20, 2018 Happy birthday to Shanna! We started the day in Moab waking early and heading south. The goal was to visit the Cliff Dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park https://www.nps.gov/meve/. We were not disappointed. It was a glorious clear cool day. Snow was piled in the shadows but the roads were clear. The … More Mesa Verde – 2018
Wednesday December 19, 2018 We (Shanna, Jenny, John & Bill) left Idaho heading for Texas. We left early enough to make a brief stop at the Bear River Refuge on our way south. We didn’t do the full auto tour loop but only drove in to the viewing tower. Canada geese against the Wasatch front … More Bear River Refuge – Dec 2018
I had a great birdy year. Mostly I saw the birds of the intermountain west. Hooray, I got to see 13 new species thanks to Arlene and a trip to Nome AK: American tree sparrows, Arctic warblers, Bartail godwit, Bluethroat, Common eider, Eastern yellow wagtails, Fox sparrows – taiga race, Gray cheeked thrush, Long tailed … More Jenny’s bird list for 2018
Fly Away Home (1996) I LOVE this movie, it’s sweet, and beautiful, and I truly love its sense of wonder. Official Trailer: The relationships of parent/child child/goose are what make the moving emotionally rich. The movie is billed as being based on the experiences of “Bill Lishman who, in 1986, started training Canada Geese to … More Review: Fly Away Home
I’m on my way to Texas with my clan (Shanna, John, and Bill). So far we’ve birded at the Bear River Refuge, shopped at rock shops, drove and walked around Mesa Verde National Park and spent a lot of time on the road. I’m posting on Instagram as blueravenbirder if you want a photo preview. … More Placeholder for upcoming
Windows Into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel, Oxford University Press, 2000 Buy on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Windows-into-Earth-Geologic-Yellowstone/dp/0195105974 Everything you ever wanted to know about the geologic story of Yellowstone. Written for the amateur geologist/scientist. Old Faithful 242 pages with chapters covering everything … More Review: Windows Into the Earth
November 10, 2018 I was in American Falls one evening and decided to drive by a few of my birding spots to see what I could find from my car. Gulls at one of the boat access points The cemetery sits on the cliffs above the Snake River. The edge is lined with trees and … More American Falls in the Evening
November 17, 2018 I was seduced by the thought of seeing thousands of swans. See, I follow the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BearRiverMBR/ And they posted this amazing photo: by Dickson Smith. And included the words: “Witness the spectacle of the Tundra swan migration from the new Viewing Tower at Bear River … More Bait and switch at the refuge
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