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New Life
One of my reasons for “giving up” bird photography a few years ago was that the danged things just wouldn’t act (or pose) the way I wanted them to. I always thought that that was incredibly...
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Dirty Birds
I’m not anti-bird or anything. Heck, I like critters as well as anyone. But the blackbirds that inhabit this multi-dwelling birdhouse are beginning to get on my nerves. For starters, they seem...
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Home on the Range
American Bison, Torrey, Utah A week from today we’ll be on the road again. Heading west. Past the orange cones and barrels that will surely dot the way as we go through New York and Pennsylvania and...
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“Zion is Sanctuary”
Desert Bighorn, Zion NP If you’ve ever been to Zion NP you’ve probably heard the phrase “Zion is Sanctuary”. It’s an expression that’s been around at least as long as the park itself. And it...
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Bison Traffic Jams
Bison (not buffalo) traffic jams. Unless you’re at a zoo, you won’t find any actual buffalo in North America. Bison I guess are close cousins. I’d heard about these “jams”, and seen pictures of...
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Long Lenses and Mute Swans
Since I was still trying to get acquainted with my new Olympus telephoto lens this past Monday, I headed down to the lake shore and the adjacent Irondequoit Bay. At the very least I figured I could...
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Still in Love with Charleston
Well, we’re home. Back in Webster (I promise I won’t say the Webster slogan if you won’t either). We even arrived for some damn good weather – temperatures in the lower 80′s for heaven’s sake. Back...
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A Walk on the Beach
Sometimes when we’re in the Charleston area we stay at a hotel on Folly Beach (about 9 miles to the southeast of the city). This gets you away from the crowds in Charleston and also provides an...
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“Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs”
If you’re at all interested in lighthouses or lighthouse history you’ve probably heard of the Morris Island light. It was originally built before the Civil War (although that structure was destroyed...
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Making a Flap, or Much Ado About Nothing and Everything
Two days ago, while trying to read the Sunday paper, I was distracted by a pair of extremely irritated geese. Honking loudly, and “goose-stepping” around the neighborhood, they were apparently trying...
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