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 [...]
Dec 23 2008
This is my last post in a series of four on the endemic birds of Northeast Mexico. That doesn’t mean I’ve run through the entire list of species, not hardly. But I hope I’ve given you a taste of some of what makes the area unique.
I’m ending on a chromatically appropriate note with Red-crowned Parrot [...]
Dec 04 2008
We set off for a 4-night trip to northeast Mexico on Halloween. After an uneventful border crossing and about 4 hours of driving south through the ranch lands, we arrived at the Hacienda Santa Engracia, pictured above. A favorite lodging of our friend and hostess, Marci Fuller, the Hacienda was indeed charming–you could spend many [...]
Dec 01 2008
Marci, Liz, & Me at El Nacimiento del Rio Sabinas, photo © Jim White
El Nacimiento means birth, but it’s also used to denote a spring where a river rises. There are a couple of nacimientos in the El Cielo area, but the one that is closest to my heart is that of the Rio Sabinas. [...]
Nov 10 2008
Crossing the U.S. – Mexico border, Los Indios Free Trade Bridge
The picture above was taken when we were entering Mexico on Halloween morning, nearly two weeks ago. We returned to the U.S. on Election Day, in body, anyway. In the bureaucratic world, it turns out, we are still in Mexico. Or perhaps we are in [...]
