Saturday May 4, 2019 May the Fourth be with you! Star Wars Day birding. Osprey Yellow headed blackbird John and Bill grew up near the Chesterfield reservoir in Idaho. They went out there for a drive a year or so ago and came back telling me of how many birds and how cool it was. … More Birding at Chesterfield Reservoir
Sunday April 28, 2019 White faced ibis Today I slept in till 8:00 a.m. and then got moving. I started in yoga clothes cleaning/straightening the kitchen and my bedroom, then I had to clean up the living room (I’ve been cleaning/reorganizing my bedroom/office in order to set up my office as a studio space). There … More End of April at the Bear River Refuge
Saturday April 27, 2019 The five of us (Shanna, Jenny, John, Bill, and Helen) gathered at my house just before 8:00. We loaded the car and headed north to Yellowstone. It’s so much fun to be in a car with a bunch of artists. So many ideas and projects are discussed. It is very inspiring. … More First trip to Yellowstone in 2019
Friday April 19, 2018 I went to a library Unconference in Rexburg on Friday and decided to take the long birdy way home. I checked at some previously unbirded locations such as Beaver Dick Park and a nearby slough but came up with nothing but robins, magpies, and an occasional Western meadowlark. Next I checked … More Market Lake and Environs April 2019
Friday April 12, 2019 There’s nothing like spring and the return of sunshine. Sunrise this morning happened at 7:00 a.m. This meant I was up and out of the hotel by 6:30 so I could be at Antelope Island for the sun, or rather for the drizzle and clouds hiding the sun. Antelope Island never … More Early April at Antelope Island
Thursday April 11, 2019 Hooray for the ISU Rodeo Team. Because I go to their events I get out of town in the fall and the spring. Today, I left work an hour early and drove to Brigham City. Leaving early on Thursday shortens the overall drive to Grand Junction Colorado by a couple of … More Early April at the Bear River Refuge
It turns out that the Titusville/Canaveral (i.e. Space Coast) area of Florida is going to be on my regular destination list now since I have some wonderful friends who live there and who are always ready to have me come visit. I was there in late November on a trip that got cut really short … More Florida’s Space Coast
