Sep 11 2008
Anybody up for a quiz that takes in both birds and independent film? OK, the question is: “Which bird most looks like the title character of David Lynch’s film, Eraserhead? My answer: the Red-eyed Vireo. But not just your average Red-eyed vireo…like this one. THIS Red-eyed Vireo! Do you agree? Or can you [...]
Sep 07 2008
Undeterred by yesterday’s scarcity of storm-driven birds, we returned to Cape Henlopen first thing this morning to see if any birds that may have been blown into Delaware Bay were returning to the open ocean. It’s a longish walk out to the point, but very pleasant in the lovely post-storm weather. A Sanderling probes [...]
Sep 07 2008
Here’s a quick tour of yesterday’s birding during Tropical Storm Hanna: Sharon Lynn scans offshore from Cape Henlopen Forrest Rowland, Bill Stewart, and Judy Montgomery watch millions of dollars of beach replenishment sand get washed back out to sea in Rehoboth. Property damage was mostly minor… Surfers at Indian River Inlet [...]
Sep 05 2008
Sometimes shorebirds seem so hard to identify; then there are times they seem dead easy. Mainly, we all hope to have more of the latter and less of the former as we go on in our birding careers. Last night, I enjoyed looking at the shapes of some of the shorebirds along Prime Hook Beach [...]
Sep 05 2008
I spent a couple of hours photographing in the Prime Hook Beach/Fowler Beach region this evening. Though I got a couple of OK bird photos, I was happiest with these. If they share a theme, perhaps it’s that they all feature plants in various stages of domestication. Or maybe it’s just the late summer light. [...]
Sep 04 2008
Hi all– I’m moving in here at WordPress. For now, you can find my old home page here: Old Home page And my old blog is here: Jeff Gyr blog
