Coachwhip, iteration number one. The drawing is ink on gray paper, 30 x 44.” Oh, and I played hooky this afternoon and birded Central Park; (more…)

From Barnegat Lighthouse, Long Beach Island, NJ (more…)

And to add a few species (more…)

To add to the bird list from the canyon: (more…)

Hey - I’m in Altadena, California, the land of multi-million dollar homes situated precariously on denuded crumbling granite mountain slopes prone to fire and mudslides, (more…)

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Just because one has to spend all day sitting on an airplane does not mean that there are no birds to be seen… from the drive to and from LAX and JFK:

Cooper’s Hawk (LA, CA)
Peregrine Falcon (Queens, NY)
Ring-billed Gull (LA, CA)
California Gull (LA, CA)
Herring Gull (Queens, NY)
Western Gull (LA, CA)
Great Black-backed Gull (Queens, NY)
Vaux’s Swift (LA, CA)

Eaton Canyon, added:

Turkey Vulture
California Quail
Purple Finch (1 male, 1 female)

mammals: Mule Deer, Fox Squirrel, California Ground Squirrel