On my way home from working in Meridian (near Boise) I stopped off in American Falls to see what I could see. There weren’t a large number of species, but there were some awesome birds. I wish I could have gotten the gleam in this magpie’s eye. This was my surprise bird, a Hooded merganser!?! … More Spring at American Falls
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
After spending four hours at the Bear River Migratory Bird refuge I decided to wander back home. I ended up taking a backroad to Logan then up US 91 with stops and turn outs. I didn’t see many birds and took pictures of nothing except this one bird that posed and posed and posed. After … More End of the Birding Day
I left Pocatello super early in the morning so I could be at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge before dawn. It was an excellent plan and I was able to see a lot of wonderful birds. Sunrise with Ravens Sunrise over the Wasatch Front Great Horned Owls Red winged blackbird looking for love The … More Early Birding the BRMBR
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
May 13 2016 Bear River with Regina and Katrina on our way to the Great Salt Lake BirdFest Yellow headed blackbird American white pelicans Long billed curlew Wild turkey Western meadowlark Great blue heron American avocet Sunset
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