As promised, we have blue-footed boobies here, and this one is on break from fishing in the harbor. I was tempted to make a booby joke, but I’ve opted not to stoop so low, for once. Less flashy, perhaps, but no less surprising in appearance is the lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus), which are almost theContinue reading “More from San Cristóbal Island…”
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Greetings from the Galapagos!
Deb and I did both arrive safely on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos archipelago this morning, though my trip was less stressful than Deb’s. She had a seven-hour delay in Fort Lauderdale yesterday, but we had built enough buffer into our schedule to absorb that, thank goodness. Once we arrived, we got right toContinue reading “Greetings from the Galapagos!”
Time again for some “deep cuts”…
It’s a rainy morning in Estabrook Park, Campers, and you know what that means. That’s right, it’s time to hit the arts and crafts pavilion, and pity the fools who signed up for waterfront today. Anyway, before we head over, there was a short gap in the precipitation soon after sunrise, and I snuck outContinue reading “Time again for some “deep cuts”…”
Back in E.P. again, plus a few more sights from Vacationland…
Sorry about skipping yesterday’s post, but Bob kept me out taking pictures until it was time to go to the airport, 😉, I didn’t get home from Maine until around 11 pm, and I went straight to bed at that point. The good news is that I made it home safely, the not-so-great news isContinue reading “Back in E.P. again, plus a few more sights from Vacationland…”
It’s time to close the book on May…
I had a nice enough morning in Estabrook Park, but I kept waiting for a chance to photograph someone new or someone we soon won’t see for a while, but that chance never came. Oh, there are still plenty of pretty sights to see, don’t worry about that, but I’ve gotta recalibrate my expectations nowContinue reading “It’s time to close the book on May…”
But wait, there’s more…
When I wrote you last evening, I figured I’d get one more chance to stroll around the grounds of the Trans Kalahari Inn, before we headed off for the airport, but I also figured I’d seen most of what there was to see. It would appear that I was mistaken on the latter. Almost asContinue reading “But wait, there’s more…”
A fine Namibian sendoff…
We drove back to the Trans Kalahari Inn today from Omaruru, but before we got on the road this morning, Deb and I spent a couple of hours walking the dry Omaruru River bed, and we didn’t see much. Compared to the rest of this trip, it was a bit surprising, but I guess everyContinue reading “A fine Namibian sendoff…”
Namibia is for the birds, but in a good way…
We drove from Swakopmund to Omaruru today, in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. It was real foggy in the morning when we left, so we didn’t get a chance to take one more look for wildlife at the Swakop River. The good news, however, is just as we were heading home last evening thisContinue reading “Namibia is for the birds, but in a good way…”
A Namibian sampler…
It was another stellar day here in Namibia, and my sister joined me this morning on my search for wildlife near the mouth of the Swakop River, as Anne enjoyed herself a little down time. This first bird looks sort of like the young great blue herons we often see in Estabrook Park and theContinue reading “A Namibian sampler…”
More Etosha and some Walvis Bay…
It was another fine day in Namibia, and the only driving on the schedule today was just 30 minutes on a paved road down the coast from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay to see its famous lagoon and surrounding wetlands, which “are one of the most important coastal wetlands of southern Africa.” Before we get toContinue reading “More Etosha and some Walvis Bay…”
