“Toucán,” Niño, our driver and excellent spotter, announced excitedly. We had just gotten out of the bus and were walking along the road leading to the La Selva Biological Station.
As I focused my binoculars on the bare branches that extended above the lush tropical rainforest, another Toucán flew in. The early [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Birding the Caribbean Lowlands in Costa Rica
Posted in Birding, Birds, Costa Rica, tagged Audubon Naturalist Society, Costa Rica birding, Costa Rica Expeditions, La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Toucan on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Birding Savegre Mountain Hotel
Posted in Birding, Birds, Costa Rica, tagged cloud forest, Collared Trogan, Costa Rica birding, Orange-bellied Trogan, Resplendent Quetzal, silky flycatcher, Timberline Wren on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Its red breast glistened in the branches of the tree. Marino Chacon, our guide and one of the owners of Savegre Mountain Hotel, had stopped along the side of the road a short distance from the lodge where the Resplendent Quetzal was known to hang out. While we watched through our binoculars, Marino [...]
Raptors of Torrance County
Posted in Birding, Birds, New Mexico, Uncategorized, tagged Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, New Mexico Birding on January 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Red-tailed Hawk,” Bob alerted us from trip leader Bonnie Long’s car. Seven cars of Thursday Birders followed the lead vehicle along the frontage road between Edgewood and Moriarty. It was the first of seven Red-tailed Hawks we would see during our day-long trek.
It was a beautiful sunny day with no wind [...]
Glorious Winter Day at Bosque del Apache
Posted in Birding, Birds, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, tagged Bosque del Apache, Ferruginous Hawk, New Mexico Birding, Prairie Falcon, Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese on January 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Shrike on the right,” trip leader, Sylvia fee, reported from the lead car through the two-way radio. We were the 6th car of Thursday Birders in the nine-car caravan rolling slowly along the Farm to Market Road in Luis Lopez just outside of Socorro.
Jeane, Vicki and I focused our binoculars in the [...]
Visit from a Roadrunner
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I walked out of my garage to the driveway just as a Greater Roadrunner was passing by. He glanced at me and kept going. When he got to my gate he paused a moment, hopped right up to the opening in the top of the gate, and then popped on through. [...]
Top 10 Wildlife Highlights of 2008
Posted in Belen Marsh, Birding, Birds, California, New Mexico, UK, tagged Belen Marsh, Elgin Scotland, Fourth of July Canyon, Ghost Ranch, Mississippi Kite, Painted Redstart, Red-faced Warbler, Rosy Finch, Santa Monica Mountains, Sepulveda Wildlife Basin, Three-toed Woodpecker on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite birding blogs, A DC Birding Blog, which links to mine, listed his top 8 nature moments of 2008. It was a great idea, so I am going to borrow it. There were so many wonderful moments that it was hard to choose my favorites. The following is my [...]
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