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BIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, and THE OTHER BUTCHART GARDENS Butchart Gardens is famous, and it's one of Victoria's premier attractions. But I knew of the Butcharts long before I came west. The Butchart mansion on 5th Avenue in Owen Sound, Ontario, was a block away from my boyhood home. It had, maybe still has, an indoor swimmingpool. I
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Spirit – after a month of digging. This time my post isn’t about birds. It’s a people story. It begins with a storm, a real doozy. Many of the boats in our bay dragged anchor, and moved. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mPOINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. PIGEONS! GOOD GRIEF! It's a measure, perhaps, of how slow mid-summer birding has been for me that I offer up this post on pigeons. I don't mean the sleek, pearl-grey Band-tailed Pigeons, those lovely forest birds, but ordinary Rock Doves. Not well liked generally, these 'rats of the air', but I've always had a fondness for them. I MOUNT HOOD – BIRD NOETZ Haze I'm looking down on smoke produced by fires in British Columbia and driven out the valleys of the Fraser and Columbia. With no strong westerlies, or rain, to stop it, the haze now covers the west from Medford to Whistler. And it's hot, very hot - a hundred and five inPortland. So I'm
SNOW ON MAUI
Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Maui Oh -my title - sorry about that. Agatha Christie once joked that a writer who opened a story with the line "Hell!" said the Duchess couldn't help but grab the attention of a reader. I'm hoping the title of this post will perform the same function. Happily, no snowBIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, and THE OTHER BUTCHART GARDENS Butchart Gardens is famous, and it's one of Victoria's premier attractions. But I knew of the Butcharts long before I came west. The Butchart mansion on 5th Avenue in Owen Sound, Ontario, was a block away from my boyhood home. It had, maybe still has, an indoor swimmingpool. I
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Spirit – after a month of digging. This time my post isn’t about birds. It’s a people story. It begins with a storm, a real doozy. Many of the boats in our bay dragged anchor, and moved. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mPOINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. PIGEONS! GOOD GRIEF! It's a measure, perhaps, of how slow mid-summer birding has been for me that I offer up this post on pigeons. I don't mean the sleek, pearl-grey Band-tailed Pigeons, those lovely forest birds, but ordinary Rock Doves. Not well liked generally, these 'rats of the air', but I've always had a fondness for them. I MOUNT HOOD – BIRD NOETZ Haze I'm looking down on smoke produced by fires in British Columbia and driven out the valleys of the Fraser and Columbia. With no strong westerlies, or rain, to stop it, the haze now covers the west from Medford to Whistler. And it's hot, very hot - a hundred and five inPortland. So I'm
SNOW ON MAUI
Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Maui Oh -my title - sorry about that. Agatha Christie once joked that a writer who opened a story with the line "Hell!" said the Duchess couldn't help but grab the attention of a reader. I'm hoping the title of this post will perform the same function. Happily, no snowCANADA BIRDS
It lands next to the open door of a construction worker’s pickup, ignores the heavy metal music emanating from within, and begins to feed. It’s the Lark. Birds are weird sometimes! More and more pickups arrive and the noise level rises. Time to move FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop ROAD TRIP – BIRD NOETZ Lazuli Bunting - W.L. Finley Refuge Once a year I take my 86 Alfa Romeo on a birding trip, usually to Oregon. My route this year, down I-5, though the Willamette Valley, up the Oregon coast and then looping back to BC, takes me past some of the best birding spots inthe northwest -
WHEN YOU GOT NOTHING TO SAY, A FUNNY BIRD PICTURE MIGHT It's summer proper now, fall migrations are weeks away and I'm not seeing as many birds as I'd like. Summer's the problem. Most aren't singing, so harder to spot in heavy foliage. They're rearing young - busy. Ah well. I make another trip to Martindale to search for theBullock's Orioles I
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
THE OWL – BIRD NOETZ View from Observatory Hill On a whim, we drive to the top of Observatory Hill to take in the views. It's almost noon and the temperature is perfect, on the decal edge of hot. Nice weather for a walk. After a few minutes of searching, we relocate trail head, now obscured by creamy cascades ofOWLS – BIRD NOETZ
Lately a friend sent me a beautiful photo of a Barred Owl perched on his sun deck. Others see owls on balconies, shrubs, 'the old owl tree' -- you name it. I never get anything like that. I searched for a Barred Owl five days in a row recently. Nada. It's like that for me,TWO WEEKS BACK
Paper Birch I'm not sure when I'll ever be in these woods again, walking the once familiar nature trails near my boyhood home. I'm a stranger here now, with fewer reasons to visit. I learned years ago not to expect spring proper until May. Sure enough, GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (overSNOW ON MAUI
Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Maui Oh -my title - sorry about that. Agatha Christie once joked that a writer who opened a story with the line "Hell!" said the Duchess couldn't help but grab the attention of a reader. I'm hoping the title of this post will perform the same function. Happily, no snowBIRD NOETZ
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. THE OTHER BUTCHART GARDENS Butchart Gardens is famous, and it's one of Victoria's premier attractions. But I knew of the Butcharts long before I came west. The Butchart mansion on 5th Avenue in Owen Sound, Ontario, was a block away from my boyhood home. It had, maybe still has, an indoor swimmingpool. I
ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperature MOUNT HOOD – BIRD NOETZ Haze I'm looking down on smoke produced by fires in British Columbia and driven out the valleys of the Fraser and Columbia. With no strong westerlies, or rain, to stop it, the haze now covers the west from Medford to Whistler. And it's hot, very hot - a hundred and five inPortland. So I'm
POINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mBIRD NOETZ
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. THE OTHER BUTCHART GARDENS Butchart Gardens is famous, and it's one of Victoria's premier attractions. But I knew of the Butcharts long before I came west. The Butchart mansion on 5th Avenue in Owen Sound, Ontario, was a block away from my boyhood home. It had, maybe still has, an indoor swimmingpool. I
ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperature MOUNT HOOD – BIRD NOETZ Haze I'm looking down on smoke produced by fires in British Columbia and driven out the valleys of the Fraser and Columbia. With no strong westerlies, or rain, to stop it, the haze now covers the west from Medford to Whistler. And it's hot, very hot - a hundred and five inPortland. So I'm
POINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mCANADA BIRDS
Roundhouse Railyards. A warm late summer day, or will be once the sun is up. September has a faded glory I especially like, with a touch ofmelancholy in
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
ROAD TRIP – BIRD NOETZ Lazuli Bunting - W.L. Finley Refuge Once a year I take my 86 Alfa Romeo on a birding trip, usually to Oregon. My route this year, down I-5, though the Willamette Valley, up the Oregon coast and then looping back to BC, takes me past some of the best birding spots inthe northwest -
I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. WORN. – BIRD NOETZ Uplands Park View Today, the Park seems like the Hundred Acre Wood, intimate, private. It's breezy closer to the sea but I'm out of the wind here in the meadow. I have the trails to myself too. With no runners or dogs to disturb them, young Chickadees MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. WHEN YOU GOT NOTHING TO SAY, A FUNNY BIRD PICTURE MIGHT It's summer proper now, fall migrations are weeks away and I'm not seeing as many birds as I'd like. Summer's the problem. Most aren't singing, so harder to spot in heavy foliage. They're rearing young - busy. Ah well. I make another trip to Martindale to search for theBullock's Orioles I
SNOW ON MAUI
Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Maui Oh -my title - sorry about that. Agatha Christie once joked that a writer who opened a story with the line "Hell!" said the Duchess couldn't help but grab the attention of a reader. I'm hoping the title of this post will perform the same function. Happily, no snow GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (overBIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, andONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justVANCOUVER ISLAND
Spirit – after a month of digging. This time my post isn’t about birds. It’s a people story. It begins with a storm, a real doozy. Many of the boats in our bay dragged anchor, and moved.METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'm MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toGREY COUNTY BIRDING
Posts about Grey County Birding written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May.POINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
BIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, andONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justVANCOUVER ISLAND
Spirit – after a month of digging. This time my post isn’t about birds. It’s a people story. It begins with a storm, a real doozy. Many of the boats in our bay dragged anchor, and moved.METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'm MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toGREY COUNTY BIRDING
Posts about Grey County Birding written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May.POINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
CANADA BIRDS
It lands next to the open door of a construction worker’s pickup, ignores the heavy metal music emanating from within, and begins to feed. It’s the Lark. Birds are weird sometimes! More and more pickups arrive and the noise level rises. Time to move BC COAST – BIRD NOETZ Posts about BC Coast written by cran621. Harbor Seals – Now that I have your attention. With the tide as low as it is during the night and the waxing moon, shorebirds are moving at night now.GRAY’S HARBOR
Posts about Gray’s harbor written by cran621. I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year.SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over.GREY COUNTY BIRDING
Posts about Grey County Birding written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May.POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay.COSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I PIGEONS! GOOD GRIEF! It's a measure, perhaps, of how slow mid-summer birding has been for me that I offer up this post on pigeons. I don't mean the sleek, pearl-grey Band-tailed Pigeons, those lovely forest birds, but ordinary Rock Doves. Not well liked generally, these 'rats of the air', but I've always had a WORN. – BIRD NOETZ Uplands Park View Today, the Park seems like the Hundred Acre Wood, intimate, private. It's breezy closer to the sea but I'm out of the wind here in the meadow. I have the trails to myself too. With no runners or dogs to disturb them, young ChickadeesSNOW ON MAUI
Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Maui Oh -my title - sorry about that. Agatha Christie once joked that a writer who opened a story with the line "Hell!" said the Duchess couldn't help but grab the attention of a reader. I'm hoping the title of this post will perform the same function. Happily, no snowBIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, andCANADA BIRDS
It lands next to the open door of a construction worker’s pickup, ignores the heavy metal music emanating from within, and begins to feed. It’s the Lark. Birds are weird sometimes! More and more pickups arrive and the noise level rises. Time to move on to Panama Flats and some peace and quiet. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (over BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperatureBIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, andCANADA BIRDS
It lands next to the open door of a construction worker’s pickup, ignores the heavy metal music emanating from within, and begins to feed. It’s the Lark. Birds are weird sometimes! More and more pickups arrive and the noise level rises. Time to move on to Panama Flats and some peace and quiet. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (over BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperature BC COAST – BIRD NOETZ Posts about BC Coast written by cran621. Harbor Seals – Now that I have your attention. With the tide as low as it is during the night and the waxing moon, shorebirds are moving at night now.METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mCHACHALACAS
Chachalacas are quite common in southern Texas. Noisy too. Very. I met Texans who admitted to homicidal thoughts around these chicken-like birds. They are up with the sun, even if you're not. Still, I'm fond of them. Mind you, I also think the poultry barns are the best part ofPOINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. WORN. – BIRD NOETZ Uplands Park View Today, the Park seems like the Hundred Acre Wood, intimate, private. It's breezy closer to the sea but I'm out of the wind here in the meadow. I have the trails to myself too. With no runners or dogs to disturb them, young ChickadeesBIRDING IN SPAIN
Posts about Birding in Spain written by cran621. The seaside town of San Sebastian draws many visitors to the the Pais Vasco – BasqueCountry.
MALHEUR MEMORIES
The Road to Burns Malheur I visited Malheur National Wildlife Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in the middle of the summer a few years ago - before the unhappy events there in 2016. I'm delighted to report that the temperature was moderate and I heard only a single mosquito -POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
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A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, andCANADA BIRDS
It lands next to the open door of a construction worker’s pickup, ignores the heavy metal music emanating from within, and begins to feed. It’s the Lark. Birds are weird sometimes! More and more pickups arrive and the noise level rises. Time to move on to Panama Flats and some peace and quiet. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (over BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperatureBIRD NOETZ
A pair of Hooded Orioles flash past and dive into a Palo Verde, him a bright orange and black, her a soft moss green. They startle a Cactus Wren who lets loose with its rattling call. And Gila Woodpeckers seem to be everywhere, sounding very much like the squeaky toys babies, andCANADA BIRDS
It lands next to the open door of a construction worker’s pickup, ignores the heavy metal music emanating from within, and begins to feed. It’s the Lark. Birds are weird sometimes! More and more pickups arrive and the noise level rises. Time to move on to Panama Flats and some peace and quiet. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (over BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
SORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperature BC COAST – BIRD NOETZ Posts about BC Coast written by cran621. Harbor Seals – Now that I have your attention. With the tide as low as it is during the night and the waxing moon, shorebirds are moving at night now.METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mCHACHALACAS
Chachalacas are quite common in southern Texas. Noisy too. Very. I met Texans who admitted to homicidal thoughts around these chicken-like birds. They are up with the sun, even if you're not. Still, I'm fond of them. Mind you, I also think the poultry barns are the best part ofPOINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. WORN. – BIRD NOETZ Uplands Park View Today, the Park seems like the Hundred Acre Wood, intimate, private. It's breezy closer to the sea but I'm out of the wind here in the meadow. I have the trails to myself too. With no runners or dogs to disturb them, young ChickadeesBIRDING IN SPAIN
Posts about Birding in Spain written by cran621. The seaside town of San Sebastian draws many visitors to the the Pais Vasco – BasqueCountry.
MALHEUR MEMORIES
The Road to Burns Malheur I visited Malheur National Wildlife Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in the middle of the summer a few years ago - before the unhappy events there in 2016. I'm delighted to report that the temperature was moderate and I heard only a single mosquito -POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
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Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well.CANADA BIRDS
Roundhouse Railyards. A warm late summer day, or will be once the sun is up. September has a faded glory I especially like, with a touch of melancholy in it — a string quartet replacing summer’s brass band. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (overCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toSORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperatureBIRD NOETZ
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well.CANADA BIRDS
Roundhouse Railyards. A warm late summer day, or will be once the sun is up. September has a faded glory I especially like, with a touch of melancholy in it — a string quartet replacing summer’s brass band. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (overCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toSORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperature BC COAST – BIRD NOETZ Posts about BC Coast written by cran621. Harbor Seals – Now that I have your attention. With the tide as low as it is during the night and the waxing moon, shorebirds are moving at night now.METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mCHACHALACAS
Chachalacas are quite common in southern Texas. Noisy too. Very. I met Texans who admitted to homicidal thoughts around these chicken-like birds. They are up with the sun, even if you're not. Still, I'm fond of them. Mind you, I also think the poultry barns are the best part ofPOINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. WORN. – BIRD NOETZ Uplands Park View Today, the Park seems like the Hundred Acre Wood, intimate, private. It's breezy closer to the sea but I'm out of the wind here in the meadow. I have the trails to myself too. With no runners or dogs to disturb them, young ChickadeesBIRDING IN SPAIN
Posts about Birding in Spain written by cran621. The seaside town of San Sebastian draws many visitors to the the Pais Vasco – BasqueCountry.
MALHEUR MEMORIES
The Road to Burns Malheur I visited Malheur National Wildlife Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in the middle of the summer a few years ago - before the unhappy events there in 2016. I'm delighted to report that the temperature was moderate and I heard only a single mosquito -POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
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Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well.CANADA BIRDS
Roundhouse Railyards. A warm late summer day, or will be once the sun is up. September has a faded glory I especially like, with a touch of melancholy in it — a string quartet replacing summer’s brass band. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (overCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toSORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperatureBIRD NOETZ
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well.CANADA BIRDS
Roundhouse Railyards. A warm late summer day, or will be once the sun is up. September has a faded glory I especially like, with a touch of melancholy in it — a string quartet replacing summer’s brass band. ESTERO SAN JOSE (LOS CABOS, MEXICO) San Jose River Estuary I took a long hiatus and finally published the third book in my Archie Stevens Mystery series. This one is called Raven Creek. Now, I'm back with nature, mixing birding with a family vacation in San Jose de Los Cabos. I head for the San Jose River estuary every morning justONTARIO BIRDS
Posts about Ontario Birds written by cran621. A Perfect Little River The woods around my hometown are beautiful in May. GRAY’S HARBOR, WASHINGTON: SHOREBIRDS REVISITED I’m looking back here, putting last year’s Mini Big Year in perspective as I plot out what I want to do this year. It’s already good —265 birds so far and it’s the beginning of May. I missed the Shorebird Festival this year because I’m writing another history text and my Toronto editor winced (overCOSTA RICA WILDLIFE
Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I'd rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica -- the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally gotto the, for me,
BIRD GEAR – BIRD NOETZ Gearing Up for Birding I like gear and I’ve got fly rods and reels, chef’s knives, rock hammers, etc. to prove it. The need to acquire birding gear did not put me off birding, but rather that contrary. A good pair of binoculars is, of course, a necessity. I have a pair ofolder Pentax
MONTEVERDE – BIRD NOETZ Monteverde WaterfallWe needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde's Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult toSORA – BIRD NOETZ
Posts about Sora written by cran621. Swan Lake. A few male Hooded Mergansers have arrived at the little bay near my home and the forecast is for rain, sure signs that summer is indeed over. FLYCATCHERS, NUTCRACKERS AND BIGHORN SHEEP Down into the Valley of the Similkameen I'm crossing the Coast Range and then following the Similkameen River down into the Okanagan. It's not far - a few hundred miles - but the birds are different on the other side of the mountains. I make a quick stop at Manning Park Lodge where the temperature BC COAST – BIRD NOETZ Posts about BC Coast written by cran621. Harbor Seals – Now that I have your attention. With the tide as low as it is during the night and the waxing moon, shorebirds are moving at night now.METAPHORICALLY
Short-billed Dowitchers We've had four weeks of perfect weather here on the west coast. Sunny, twenty-one degrees, enough breeze to keep the air fresh - it's unnerving, like the year is stuck, like two tectonic plates binding, like something's going to pop. Too dramatic? I blame it on Philip Kerr's great Bernie Gunther mysteries. I'mCHACHALACAS
Chachalacas are quite common in southern Texas. Noisy too. Very. I met Texans who admitted to homicidal thoughts around these chicken-like birds. They are up with the sun, even if you're not. Still, I'm fond of them. Mind you, I also think the poultry barns are the best part ofPOINT PELEE RAPTORS
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (or Sharpie) Point Pelee in autumn - it's a first for me. I've been here twice in spring; once at the peak of the northward bird migration; the second time a week or two too early, which meant that sighting a warbler of any kind was a thrill. I'm notsure what
MAY 2019 – BIRD NOETZ Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. WORN. – BIRD NOETZ Uplands Park View Today, the Park seems like the Hundred Acre Wood, intimate, private. It's breezy closer to the sea but I'm out of the wind here in the meadow. I have the trails to myself too. With no runners or dogs to disturb them, young ChickadeesBIRDING IN SPAIN
Posts about Birding in Spain written by cran621. The seaside town of San Sebastian draws many visitors to the the Pais Vasco – BasqueCountry.
MALHEUR MEMORIES
The Road to Burns Malheur I visited Malheur National Wildlife Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in the middle of the summer a few years ago - before the unhappy events there in 2016. I'm delighted to report that the temperature was moderate and I heard only a single mosquito -POINT PELEE BIRDS
Posts about Point Pelee birds written by cran621. May, 2014. The warm front that brought birds to Bognor Marsh passed through quickly up north on Georgian Bay. I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS… Broom and Roses It's one of those days when the birding gods decide to take a picnic - with some other birder. I set out this morning to locate birds at three different locations, and ended up being foiled, as Oilcan Harry says, at all three. The first two don't matter much -traffic disruptions
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COSTA RICA BIRDS AND BEASTS CONTINUED BLACK VULTURES – OKAY, WE’RE NOT PRETTY…USEFUL, NOT PRETTY. WHITE-THROATED MAGPIE JAY AMERICAN CROCODILES – TEMPISQUE RIVER ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEETHOWLER
BANANAQUIT
RUFOUS-NAPED WRENS
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONOROPENDOLA COLONY
ORCHID
CLAY-COLORED THRUSH
STICK INSECT
VARIEGATED SQUIRREL
I’M DONE…
Author cran621 Postedon May 20, 2019
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Decades ago, some friends and I planned to drive the Pan-American Highway from Vancouver BC to Tierra Del Fuego. It never happened. The 1956 VW van I’d rebuilt and camperized never made it to Costa Rica — the government of that country took the time to us well. I finally got to the, for me, fabled highway. Not as glamorous as I thought, incidentally. More important, I got to experience Costa Rica’swonderful wildlife.
HOWLER MONKEY
FERRUGINOUS PYGMY OWL RED-LEGGED HONEYCREEPERCRESTED CURRASOW
STREAK-BACKED ORIOLEBLACK-COWLED ORIOLE
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BLACK-HEADED TROGON
TURQUOISE-BROWED MOTMOT YELLOWISH FLYCATCHER WHITE-FRONTED AMAZON Author cran621 Postedon May 15, 2019
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MONTEVERDE
MONTEVERDE WATERFALL We needed our down jackets up here. After a few nights of winds strong enough to move furniture, plus intermittent rain, we finally entered Monteverde’s Cloud Forest. Noisier than we expected. Three-wattled Bellbirds are the main culprits. Although they make, we think, some of the loudest bird calls anywhere, they are devilishly difficult to track down — even when they open their big mouths and bellow. But Bellbirds aren’t the only prizes. The Resplendent Quetzal tops the list of Cloud Forest must-sees. We get lucky. Gorgeous. So many more birds in this delightful country. I recorded over eighty lifers in Costa Rica and missed a few hundred more. THREE-WATTLED BELLBIRDCRESTED GUAN
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL
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TURQUOISE-BROWED MOTMOT HOFFMAN’S WOODPECKERPALM TANAGER
WHITE-EARED GROUND SPARROW Author cran621 Posted on May 11, 2019May 11, 2019Categories Bird
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Our mild January weather is kaput. February began with a seriously rainy day but now it’s gone cold and there’s snow in the forecast. A good time to look back on my favourite bird pictures. I’ll start with everybody’s favourite — owls. BARRED OWL – UPLANDS PARK, VICTORIA BURROWING OWLS – IMPERIAL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA EASTERN SCREECH OWL – SANTA ANA, TEXAS GREAT HORNED OWL – SWAN LAKE, BC GREAT HORNED OWL – VICTORIA, BC SHORT-EARED OWL, BOUNDARY BAY, BC WESTERN SCREECH OWL – ARIZONA BARRED OWL – OBSERVATORY HILL, VICTORIA GREAT HORNED OWL – INTERURBAN FLATS, SAANICH SNOWY OWL – BRUCE COUNTY, ONTARIO EASTERN SCREECH OWL – RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS LONG-EARED OWL – BOUNDARY BAY, BC Author cran621 Posted on February 5, 2019February 4, 2019Categories Bird
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MORE TEXAS BIRDS AND BEASTS More images from Texas Wildlife Refuges…WHITE IBIS
COMMON GALLINULE
LITTLE BLUE HERON
COUCH’S KINGBIRD
NO SWIMMING!
GREEN HERON
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GREEN KINGFISHER
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GREEN JAY
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Author cran621 Posted on January 21, 2019January 20, 2019Categories
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TEXAS BIRDS
Nice to get back to the Rio Grande Valley for a few days to visit the wonderful wildlife refuges where so many beautiful birds and butterflies find sanctuary …GREAT KISKADEE
ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
GREAT BLUE HERON
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKLONG-BILLED CURLEW
TRICOLORED HERON
VERDIN
CLAPPER RAIL
QUEEN BUTTERFLY
Author cran621 Posted on January 14, 2019January 13, 2019Categories Bird
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I’m very fond of Pileated Woodpeckers. They’re large and spectacular and not uncommon. I haven’t had a good view of one this year however. They keep eluding me — like rare birds. I see the big holes they’ve drilled in path-side trees. I hear their loud drilling, like the hammering of a tipsy carpenter. Of the bird, I’ve had only glimpses. Individuals flying mostly. This morning however… Author cran621 Postedon November 6, 2018
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