One of the many things that I love about traveling is being a tourist. Not in the annoying, stereotypical American type of way but in the exploratory way. For better or worse, I was born with an insatiable curiosity (ask anyone who knew me as a child). Perhaps when I was small someone read me [...]
I’ll admit it, I am a Cheesehead—in more ways than one. First of all, I love cheese (all kinds, except maybe Limburger). Then there’s the fact that I lived in northern Wisconsin for a short stint in the early 90s which is directly responsible for my being a Packer-Backer. So I was more than happy [...]
Though Spring is winding down here in southern Arizona, it’s not over yet and we’ve been enjoying as much of it as possible. It is a time of year to savor since May ushers in the start of another of this area’s five seasons1, Dry Summer. It has been an unusual Spring so far, one [...]
It was early Monday morning when fellow bird lover Alison and I left Tucson. The sun was already peeking over the Rincon Mountains as we drove south on I-10. The view was less than spectacular since it was incredibly windy the day before which stirred up tons of dust. Through the haze we could make [...]
The first part of March was very birdy for us. Returning from running errands one afternoon we noticed some odd shapes in the desert scrub of an abandoned field. Intrigued, we turned around and drove slowly by the spot again. We were thrilled when we realized our funny shapes were actually Burrowing Owls. The next [...]
Shortly before Christmas we made a trip out to the Willcox Playa area, roughly 85 miles southeast of Tucson, for some birding. If we had traveled down there just to see the Sandhill Cranes we would have been mighty disappointed since the cranes did not oblige us with close-up views. As we climbed out of [...]
We first heard about the Long-billed Hawk Syndrome at the High Desert Museum. We read a short article that was posted on a bulletin board in their Birds of Prey exhibit hall. Curious and concerned, I did a bit of research on the web, and thought I’d share it with you. The first case was [...]
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We picked our new location of Klamath Falls somewhat randomly, but there were several factors we considered. First, it was just about the right distance for us to travel—we like to keep our mileage around 200 miles if we can. Second, Lance had read that there was pretty good birding in the area, and finally, [...]
Thank you to everyone who took a shot at the April 2008 Travel Challenge, which was another in our series of “Count the Ducklings”. Congratulations to Alison for the most specific guess—she even nailed the exact number of ducklings in the photograph! This family of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks mystified us because we came across them [...]
I must preface my story about the San Diego Wild Animal Park by asserting that they could have easily named it the San Diego Wild Africa Park since the majority of the park’s 400 plus species of animals are from the huge continent. In fact the location for the park in the San Pasqual Valley [...]
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