Jan 30 2009
Not exactly Skywatch Friday material, but I thought you’d enjoy these two photos, taken at opposite ends of the same night:
A Great Blue Heron glows in the orange-pink evening light along Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge’s Black Point Wildlife Drive. Wow, that’s a mouthful that even a heron would take a while to gulp down!
The [...]
Jan 28 2009
Wood Stork with tail up and landing gear down, Merritt Island, Florida
I’m back! Back home and back to the blog. It’s been two weeks since my last post. Jeez. The above photo may give you a clue, if you don’t already know, of part of what I’ve been up to: working the Space Coast Birding [...]
Jan 15 2009
Pretty simple this time–just a ribbon of Roseate Spoonbills floating across a cloudless Mexican sky. Be sure to check out other Skywatch Friday posts from around the world.
Jan 14 2009
Teotitlán del Valle is a town of about five thousand that seems much smaller. It’s wedged into a narrow stream valley that winds its way up into the mountains, about a 20 minute ride east from the city of Oaxaca. On our recent tour, we visited Teotitlán twice, focussing our efforts on the cactus scrub and [...]
Jan 06 2009
I’ve struggled a bit with this post. Every time I try to write it, it feels too heavy. I dunno, maybe the heat here is getting to me. So I’m going to try an experiment–I’m just going to let the pictures do the talking. I’ll provide a rough translation at the end.
I’ll bet you don’t [...]
