Oct
23
2008
El Valle de Anton is a posh, weekend retreat village that offers lovely foothill scenery and cool climate just two-hour’s drive west of often-sweltering Panama City. It’s filled with lush, meticulously-groomed gardens, like the one that surrounds the Park Eden Bed & Breakfast, where we spent a very pleasant day.
Above, tour organizer Yenia (l) joins guide Luis [...]
Tags: antshrikes, billthompson, butterflies, chachalacas, elvalle, johnriutta, panama, panamalaverde, parkeden, seedeaters, tanagers
Oct
05
2008
If I were to say the words, “Fall Color,” what would you picture? Sugar maples in Vermont? An aspen grove in Colorado? Probably not, I would guess, a saltmarsh in Delaware. Well, here’s a shot I took on Friday (03 October):
A pleasant little scene of autumn golds, but nothing that would draw busloads of leaf [...]
Tags: autumn, color, egrets, fall, fowlerbeach, plants, primehook, saltmarsh
Oct
05
2008
After Monday’s 1048 raptors counted at the Cape Henlopen hawk watch, the news spread over DE-BIRD (as the news of every day does) and through an article by Molly Murray in the News-Journal (featuring an Osprey photo by yours truly). Thursday, October 2nd, a sizable crowd assembled for what looked to be the next big flight [...]
Tags: capehenlopen, hawkwatch, publicity, raptors