I have traveled 5,537 miles in 60 days, birded 6 states, seen 289 trip species, gotten 8 lifers, and have met and seen an unquantifiable number of amazing people. Happy New Year!!!
To everyone, old friends and new, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude that I have had such rare opportunities to know you and be a part of your lives.
Olive Sparrows are not exactly what I have previously assumed them to be. They are largish and distinctly, er, rotund. Their bills are also longer than I had realized. Except for exquisite and subtle coloration they are actually kind of dumpy. They hop around in their pseudo-troglodytic manner, cocking their tails and darting in and [...]
Common Pauraque sketches, ink on paper. The Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival ended, taking with it new friends and birding company and its hum of vendors and activities, vaporizing in a palpable whoosh. Its impact remained (and will continue throughout the year), as the Valley returned to its own hum and rhythms. I stood near [...]
