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
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
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 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
Johnsgard, Paul A. Prairie Birds: Fragile Splendor in the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas, 2001. My focus on this book is in chapter six “Shorebird Sagas.” Instead of adding new knowledge to my head regarding Long billed curlews, this chapter reinforces what I know from my other readings. What I really like about this … More Long Billed Curlew Research becomes Book Review(s)
One of my favorite places is Mesa Falls near Island Park ID. I would take the family camera and escape to my happy place (car, driving, wonderous locations) on many a day in 2007. Sunrise Turkey vulture Me Early autumn color The falls Below the falls Summer greens Me again Sun and waterfall mist Spot … More Time Travel: 2007 Mesa Falls
11/1/20 Mammoth Hot Springs, we may have missed the Elk rut season, but we sure saw a lot of elk. Pika habitat. Unfortunately the pika did not want to pose for his photo. He was too busy scampering and collecting grasses for his haystack. Super awesome rock showing bands of obsidian Sheepeater cliffs showing basalt … More To Mammoth in Yellowstone: November 2020
11/1/20 Happy birthday to me I’m in my happy place, Yellowstone Grand Tetons Muskrat lodging (the mounds) Trumpeter swan with muskrat (the round brown ball to the right) More swans The grayish one on the right is a youngster In this trio of swans the two grayish ones on the right are also youngsters Juvenile … More To Gibbon Falls in Yellowstone: November 2020
9/2/21 And more birds and scenery from Yellowstone Sandhill cranes River runs through the hot springs and geysers Color behind the steam Geyser Our feet Early autumn Water so reflective it looks like snow White ringed trees Mallards Mallard butts Fall is coming Trumpeter swans Fall is here
9/2/21 This trip to Yellowstone was a quest to find artistic examples of things such as line and texture. John’s art class required examples of these concepts and he wanted them all to come from Yellowstone. I, of course was looking for birds and interesting pictures too. Trumpeter swans Textures Lines Abstracts
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