Category Archives: Birding

Bird Watching & Photography

The Irish Hills

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On my most recent visit to San Luis Obispo, we put in a good many hours hiking around the Irish Hills and taking a few pictures along the way.  Spring rains have made the trails a bit challenging but I’m … Continue reading

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Home Improvements

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Each time I have to repair something around the house it always starts with a feeling of dread knowing that said repair will take all day (or multiple days), cause pain from splinters or other self inflicted wounds and compel … Continue reading

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Bosque Afternoon 2

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A pretty sizeable group of  Sandhill Cranes is hanging out just down the road from our house on a particular gravel bar in the Rio Grande.  They start flying into it around 4:30-5:00 pm.  I’m trying to figure out a way … Continue reading

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Back to California

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As part of our latest adventure, we rented a townhouse on the California central coast.  Why?  Wine, Walking, Photography among other things. I’m a firm believer in the idea of making dramatic life changes to rekindle and draw out new … Continue reading

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Property of …..

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We’ve gotten to know a “new” property adjacent to the Santa Fe National Forest over the last couple of years thanks to a friend and fellow aviation enthusiast, Rol Murrow.  On a recent visit and after a couple of gritty … Continue reading

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Joy and a revisit to an earlier post

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On a recent return to the MS Delta, I was listening to a young author and film maker being interviewed on the radio while driving my tractor.  The interviewer asked the young lady if she had any advice for others … Continue reading

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Have Binoculars Will Travel – Missouri River

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As the crow flies and about 30 miles due west of the famous St. Louis arch, lies the  Weldon Spring Conservation Area – the largest such area in the St. Louis metropolis.  Hardwood forests cling to 300 ft. limestone bluffs … Continue reading

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Painted Buntings

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Spring in the lower MS delta brings many varieties of songbirds that favor the swamp as the place to make their nests and raise their young.  As always, we are always on the lookout  for the arrival of our “holy … Continue reading

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Horned Owls

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At the east end of the property, there is a woodlot of Honey Locust trees that my grandfather planted.  He planted this patch of trees to grow fence posts for his dairy farm as Locust is one of the most … Continue reading

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Laguna CA

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In my travels, I’ve found a few places that I consider some of the most special places on earth.  It’s funny that few of them are among the worlds most well known places.   These places are wild  but they’re close to urban … Continue reading

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