For the last fifteen years we have lived in a condominium. That means we have no yard to speak of. We grow a few things–tomatoes, hot peppers, basil–in containers that sit on a slab of cement. A few years ago we added a pergola, though it is probably not spelled that way, from which [...]
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Birders are aware of something called a Rare Bird Alert, which means exactly that. Birders like to share their ‘finds’ with others, and if a birder sees a bire rare to his or her area, he or she puts out a Rare Bird Alert (RBA). RBA’s can go out to selected friends by telephone. For example, “Hey [...] Last month in Oregon I met some folks who graciously took me birding. I was looking for several birds to add to my lifelist, and Arden and Sherry were able to help me find those birds. Sherry used an ipod nano with a speaker to play the bird calls which helps to attune the [...] I’ve been fortunate to have done a bit of traveling, so I thought I would share my top ten rocks, in no special order. 1-3 I heard that the three largest ‘stand alone’ rocks in the world are the Rock of Gibraltar, Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast, and Beacon Rock on the Washington [...] Flowers on the Hillside Robyn and I were in California for a church visit over the week-end. Since this is spring, I took my camera along to take some pictures of the blooming wildflowers. While on an early morning hike prior to our flight back to Indianapolis we came across an Allen’s hummingbird sitting [...] Any serious birder should visit the Kakamega Forest in Kenya. I was able to be there portions of three days, March 18-20, with Keith Ham and his sons Jesse and Jonathan. We hired local guides for different trips into the forest, John and Job, who helped us spot and identify many more birds than [...] |
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