Birding in Cerro Punta, Panama: Seven Lifers in Seven Minutes
We’ve been in Panama for six days now. The first day was a city tour in Panama City with our private tour guide, Fernando. (See my other blog for details on that day.)… Continue reading
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Resources for our Panama Birding Adventure
Before when I would vacation, the only resources I would need were travel guides. You don’t have to do a lot of research when you just want to hang out at a pool… Continue reading
Birding Mountain Pine Ridge in Belize
When Steve and I spent two weeks in Belize a couple of years ago (one week on Ambergris Caye scuba diving and the next week at Crystal Paradise Resort in the Cayo district… Continue reading
Random Acts of Birding
It’s been a slow couple of weeks. My husband has been out of the country on business and I’ve been home nursing a cold, so there’s not been much birding for us. Did… Continue reading
Sometimes birds just don’t cooperate. (Okay, most of the time.)
Last weekend my husband and I, along with my friend Jolie, headed up to Farmington Bay, which is just north of Salt Lake City for the annual Bald Eagle Day. Oh dear, it was… Continue reading
The Big Year on DVD: What I learned from the movie
Last week The Big Year came out on DVD, wedged in between GOP primaries and caucuses and just days before the Big Daddy-ist of all events: The Super Bowl. If you have Apple… Continue reading
How I’m planning our Panama birding adventure
Just ask my husband. One of my favorite things to do on this planet is planning a trip. Secretly, I’d love to be a travel writer and maybe someday I might. But for… Continue reading
Extreme Birding
Usually when I tell people that my husband and I are birders I often get an exchange that goes something like this: Other person: “Excuse me, did you say, birder? What’s that?” Me:… Continue reading
Birding San Diego and chasing some lifers
I’ve been in San Diego on business since last Saturday and my husb, Steve decided to tag along so he could do some birding. Before our trip Steve ordered Brad Schram’s A Birder’s… Continue reading
Rescuing Larry, the Pacific Loon
Around the holidays there’s always the desire to give as well as receive and so it always causes me to reflect and ask myself, “Have I given enough?” Like most birders we take… Continue reading