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 [...]
To start this month off we have a couple stories from the Nature Is Weird Department. The first tale is a bit fishy while the other one is full of doo-doo (literally). Enjoy!
“Fish story quite a bit to swallow”
We discovered this article while flipping through a local paper in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Now that’s my [...]
For our first stop of this summer’s road trip we didn’t have that far to go. We left Tucson Thursday evening—it was still in the triple digits as we headed out at 7 PM. We figured it would be better to drive through the low, hot depression that is Phoenix at night rather than during [...]
The day after hummingbird banding found me embarking on yet another road trip, this time to see something equally as colorful but completely different. My sister, Desiree, is a glass artist who primarily works with stained and fused glass, though she has an avid interest in all glass art. Desiree heard that the Desert Botanical [...]
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 [...]
Well, well, well, it has been quite a while since I’ve posted an update on our activities, apparently we’ve been busy. Clearly I have some catching up to do! Briefly, I’ll tackle a rundown of January’s events to be followed later by a recap of February.
We started the year off with a hike—sunshine and [...]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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It wasn’t entirely intentional but our adventures in the Klamath Basin were easily split into two distinct geographic categories, north and south. Last time we discussed our northern travels, so it is now time to talk about the southern end of the Basin. In order to do so we have to leave the state of [...]
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, [...]
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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