The last rodeo of the season was held in Grand Junction Colorado. This nice long drive was going to give me opportunities to use the new camera some more and to see new things. I plotted my route carefully with the help of Roadtrippers.com. After work on Thursday I headed south. I was hoping to … More On the Way to Grand Junction CO
For the past six weeks I have been spending almost every weekend at a rodeo. I am … what is the word for following or going with your sports team… in league with, a fan of, supporter, booster… Well, whatever the term, I’m attending the rodeos at which the Idaho State University Rodeo team is … More There but not Here
I drove to the refuge because the rain had stopped. There was water over the road in one spot, like a puddle. If I had been driving something more low to the ground I wouldn’t have chanced it. I got really lucky and the refuge was open, they closed it again the next day. Something … More Bear River Refuge in March
RODEO March 24-25 Weber State University Friday afternoon I drove to Brigham City and checked into my hotel. I chose Brigham City because it is Bear River Migratory Bird refuge adjacent. The waters had receded and it was finally open. But before birds I had a rodeo to shoot with my new camera. I … More College Rodeo – Ogden UT
I missed the Twin Falls ID Rodeo because I was just too sick. It was disappointing to miss since I had laid out big birding plans. Ah well, maybe the Bear River Refuge would be open this weekend. Once again I left early on Friday and HOORAY the refuge was open. I drove the soggy … More College Rodeo – Salina UT
Took Friday off and headed towards Heber City for the first College rodeo of the season. I left early in order to visit the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bear_river_migratory_bird_refuge/) . This refuge is huge, and has a lovely auto tour loop. I knew water levels in Idaho were high, but I was unprepared to … More College Rodeo – Heber City UT
I was adding the three Cornell Waterfowl foldout pamphlets to my LibraryThing account and started thinking about my bird books. LibraryThing is a website that lets you create your own home catalog of your books. It’s free if you only want to catalog 200 books or less. Paid personal accounts are $10/year or $25 for … More My Birdy Library
I went out birding on Sunday and while I saw quite a few birds, all were the usual suspects: Canada geese, magpies, crows, mallards, goldeneyes, robins etc… And none of them (excepting this robin) would hold still for pictures. Shockingly not even the geese would pose. Just outside of town there was a herd of … More Antelope aka Pronghorn
I had to go to Idaho Falls for an appointment and had the afternoon free. My first thought was to go shopping. I have been thinking of collecting more books on art and design and they have some decent used book stores. Also they have more thrift and antique stores and I’ve got silverware, serving … More Idaho Falls to American Falls – Feb 2017
Cornell offers several fabulous online courses to help you be a better birder. The cost for the Duck & Waterfowl course is $49.00 some of the classes cost more, some less. All of the funds help support the work of the people behind this wonderful site. For access, go here: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/courses/ I’ve taken the Duck … More Bird Academy: Duck & Waterfowl
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