A Western Scrub Jay sailed in and landed in a pine tree as nine Thursday Birders started out on the Cottonwood Trail at Elena Gallegos Picnic area in the Sandia Foothills. Its sky-blue back glistened in the morning sun. Scrub Jays were active throughout the park. The morning was cool and crisp and the air [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Fall Birding at Elena Gallegos
Posted in Birding, Birds, New Mexico, tagged Elena Gallegos, New Mexico Birding, Sandia Foothills on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Birding on the Fly in the UK
Posted in Birding, Birds, UK, tagged Birding UK, Elgin, Exmouth, Holy Island, Newcastle on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As our train sped along between Inverness and Elgin in northern Scotland, I could see flocks of gulls and a variety of black birds. I could hardly wait to retrieve my Birds of Europe and zero in on their identities.
While this was a trip to visit relatives, not to bird, I [...]
