Category Archives: Travel

Southwestern Spring Roadtrip

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

It’s been an amazing week since Spring first sprang forth on March 20, and perfect weather for a road trip to Tucson for some birds and butterflies!  Springtime in Albuquerque typically involves some good wind and a few dust storms, … Continue reading →

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South Texas Ramble

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

During the last week of October, my friend Rebecca and I took a fabulous trip in search of birds and butterflies centered around Alamo in south Texas. Leaving the Harlingen airport at about noon on Wednesday in our tiny Fiat … Continue reading →

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Maples and Melrose

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Following up on last week’s amazing display of glowing aspens up in the Sandias, the next Thursday Birder outing was to Fourth of July Campground in the Manzano Mountains for a look at about the only place in the state … Continue reading →

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Ranging Farther Afield

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

This week started early Monday morning with the hunt for the Gray Vireo in the Four Hills Open Space, a nondescript little gray bird that is not that common in Albuquerque, and which we finally found after working on it … Continue reading →

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Back from Brazil

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

It’s been almost exactly a month since my last post due to my being gone for nearly 3 weeks on a fabulous trip to the State of Mato Grosso in Brazil, and busy for the last week culling through the … Continue reading →

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My Virginia Resort

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Last week, I did a quick fly-by of  San Antonio to meet my mother for a trip to Northern Virginia for a bit of a family reunion to celebrate my cousin’s well-deserved promotion to Colonel in the USAF, and to … Continue reading →

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Return from the Nature Retreat

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Visited my friend, Terri, in way southern Illinois the first week of June on a wonderful vacation.  Terri manages the War Bluff Wildlife Sanctuary there for the Illinois Audubon Society, and it is just a remarkably biologically diverse 500 acres … Continue reading →

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Texas in April

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Just back from a fabulous two-week roadtrip to Big Bend National Park, the Hill Country, and San Antonio, highlights of which included my target birds of scissor-tailed flycatcher and painted bunting, but also added nesting Gray Hawk and Eastern Screech-Owl, … Continue reading →

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