Monthly Archives: September 2023

Here’s my best picture of the amazing prairie warbler that visited Estabrook Park for a few days back in May, 2022. He made me work hard for this picture and then seemed to get bored with the game and just started singing.

Here’s a violet-green swallow from Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho, also in 2021. I had never heard of such a creature, and I could barely believe my eyes when I got a good look at it.

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m on the road again today, and to tide you over here’s a barred owl I saw in Glacier National Park back in 2021 on a hike up to Avalanche Lake, another great trip planned by Anne. It is my one and only barred owl and the only time, so far, thatContinue reading “A trip down Memory Lane, part 1”

Oof, the sky was, and as I write this still is, dark today, but critters gotta eat, so I managed to take some pictures anyway, even if they’re a bit dark and moody. There was quite a crowd of wood ducks on the pond, I counted eleven, and this drake appears to be sporting theContinue reading “September eases off the gas…”

I was happy to see that we still have wood ducks on the pond, and I counted six of them today. Here is a drake, on the left, and a hen, on the right, acting like an old couple on the outs. On the river, I was also happy to see that the green heronsContinue reading “Estabrook continues to surprise…”

On our last morning in the Amazon, at Antonio’s Lodge, I had sort of a magical moment in which I just kept seeing one new bird after another. The previous morning, I had parked in the observation tower they have, in hopes of seeing birds at eye level or below, and I did see thatContinue reading “Diga adeus ao Brasil”

I couldn’t make it to Estabrook Park again today, so that means more room for Amazonian wildlife. As I mentioned yesterday, we traveled back to Manaus from the Dolphin Lodge, where we spent the night, and the next morning we started the four-hour boat-car-boat trip to “Amazon Antonio’s Lodge”. While the Dolphin is south ofContinue reading “Merry Labor Day Eve”

Estabrook Park eluded me again today, but I believe you know the drill by now. On our last day at Dolphin Lodge, we visited another nearby family, and this one had befriended a white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) so that it stuck around. Thus, I was finally able to get a portrait of this amazing creature.Continue reading “The Brazil Pics Continue…”

I couldn’t make it to Estabrook today, despite the nice weather, but I’ve still got plenty of Brazil pictures, so let’s dive into those. These first six pictures I took while just wandering around the Dolphin Lodge grounds, either before or after breakfast. This stunner was very willing to pose, but I only saw itContinue reading “More birds and bugs from Brazil.”