This is how I ended up becoming a birder
When I was a little girl my mother gave me a sticker book for my birthday that was all about birds. I don’t remember much about it except the Chickadee. I learned that… Continue reading
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Naked Germans and screaming monkeys make birding in Tikal exciting!
Well, the birds are exciting too. It’s just that I didn’t plan on the naked Germans in our hotel pool and the screaming spider monkeys that were terrified out of their minds while… Continue reading
Life at Crooked Tree in Belize
Tired. Exhausted. Dirt under my fingernails. More than my share of mosquito bites. We were on our way to the airport in Belize to go home after our two-week adventure. Our first week… Continue reading
A Warbler Conspiracy
It was April 2010 when Steve and I were canoeing down the Macal River in Belize and where I saw my first Prothonotary Warbler. Eric, our guide, excitedly pointed out the colorful yellow… Continue reading
For the love of brine flies, brine shrimp and phalaropes
Today’s post is by a guest blogger–my husband, Steve. He visited Antelope Island a couple of days ago and said the magic words to me: I want to write this week’s blog. Steve… Continue reading
A girl in pursuit of army ants. (Actually, I didn’t want to seem like a wimp.)
We had just left the Canopy Tower in Panama and were driving down the steep winding road when Steve slowed our car down as we approached a truck that was pulled over to… Continue reading
Oh little birds, why must you hide from me?
I’m into my fourth year of true “birding” and it’s taken awhile for me to really understand what a “rare bird” is, aside from someone just saying, “this is a rare bird.” I… Continue reading
Finding the Right Guide is No Accident: Interview with a Panamanian Bird Guide
I came down the stairs at the Canopy Bed and Breakfast where Steve and I were staying in Gamboa, Panama and found Steve and a stranger looking through binoculars at a bird in… Continue reading
Another Panama Bird Report. “Will it ever end?” you ask.
I’m not ready to let go of Panama just yet. What that means is that it seems as though my reporting about our two-week birding adventure in Panama just may go on forever.… Continue reading
Baby Grebes: Prepare to go “Awwwww!”
Today I had one mission while birding at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge in Utah and that was to see mama Grebes carrying their baby Grebes on their backs. I’d never seen this… Continue reading