Water bird (et al.) winter Today (1/17) kicks off the year in earnest, as we’re done quarantining after traveling for the holidays. We saw the pink-footed geese in northern NJ! The next weekend, we went to my parents house to drop off a few things and successfully tried for the green-tailed towhee while we were […]
Continue reading..Best Birds 2021Today, we walked the yellow trail through this lovely preserve!
Continue reading..Lizard Tail SwampTonight we got back from an overnight adventure at sea! They boarded in order of booking, and I was lucky enough to have scored a bunk by booking early! 🙂 I slept in a t-shirt and shorts, and ended up a little chilly under a light blanket in the dead of night. (I was too […]
Continue reading..24 Hr PelagicSo I did a thing…today, I closed on my 1st home! The front yard is Ingleside loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes (IngB). This is the best I can find so far for Ingleside series associated vegetation: Wooded areas have an overstory of white oak, black oak, and scarlet oak. Some areas have Virginia […]
Continue reading..New HouseI was finally comfortable temperature-wise on a boat out on the high seas today! I share this so others might know how to plan for their trips (and to remind people how cold it is on the open ocean). From land, the day started in the high 50s. On land, the temps got into the […]
Continue reading..Pelagic!Today, we walked the songbird trail to the blue trail through hands landing preserve.
Continue reading..Cape May NWRThese are more accurately lofty goals, but when I said one of them to Paul he said “is that your New Years resolution?” So, yea, let’s call it that. Find a black rail (LOL?) See or hear a Bicknell’s thrush Finally see the white rump of a white-rumped sandpiper Learn how to take bird photos […]
Continue reading..2021 Birding Resolutions