Texas is large, very large. East to west it would reach from Washington DC past St. Louis, Missouri. North to south it reaches from Boise, Idaho to Phoenix, Arizona. It has room to house the smallest fifteen states with space left over for a couple more Delawares and a few Rhode Islands as well. TheContinue reading “Texas; Big Bend National Park and more”
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Africa’s Bat-eared Foxes
Please treat images as copyrighted and contact me if you would like to use an image. Thank you. The Bat-eared Fox is a small canid; both diurnal and nocturnal, and an avid hunter … of termites! Yup, they really are designed (adapted) to find, follow, and eat Harvester Termites (often called Harvester Ants). The earsContinue reading “Africa’s Bat-eared Foxes”
Island Biogeography
Islands are dynamic wild laboratories. Picture a block of sea floor lifted from the abyss by tectonic action or a steaming pile of lava rising from the boiling water as the earth’s innards are expelled upward. Each of these could become a remote isolated island surrounded by salt water; barren and empty. Now picture yourselfContinue reading “Island Biogeography”
Galapagos (#2) Boobies
Please treat all images as copyrighted. Contact me if you want to use any photo. Thanks, DEC. The nearest relative to any of the boobies which can be see in northern hemisphere waters (Atlantic only) is the Northern Gannet. Aside from the Sea of Cortez in Mexican waters where occasional Blue-footed Booby sightings are recorded,Continue reading “Galapagos (#2) Boobies”
Galapagos – 2019 #1
The Galapagos are small volcanic islands about 600 miles off the South American coast, almost due west of Ecuador. They were formed, and are still forming, from an active hot-spot area on the edge of a tectonic plate moving to the southeast. Thus the oldest islands are in the east and the newer ones inContinue reading “Galapagos – 2019 #1”
Yard Birds and Winter Water
Please consider all images too be copyrighted; contact me if you want too use an image. Thank you. Feeding the birds is a special treat during the winter. Many bird species seek out the extra calories and readily take advantage of our offerings. Sunflower (either in or out of the shell), thistle or niger, whiteContinue reading “Yard Birds and Winter Water”
Brazil’s Pantanal is a hot spot
The temperatures in Brazil’s Pantanal have been over 100 degrees every day. The sun is glaringly bright. But the wildlife is pretty cool. Here are a few images to get you thinking about what may follow when we get back home. I haven’t sorted any photos nor downloaded the SD cards yet. So I amContinue reading “Brazil’s Pantanal is a hot spot”
Cuiabá, Brazil
Fran and I are in the Brazilian Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland. We just arrived and have little to share but thought we should try to blog as much as we can. So, with some apologies here are a few thoughts from the first day – not really out in the bush yet so itContinue reading “Cuiabá, Brazil”
Cook’s Boat and Australia
James Cook wasn’t a youngster when he entered the Royal Navy (British that is). Born in 1728, Cook was not from a seafaring family. He was an older teen when he started working (as an apprentice) for John Walker on barge-like boats ferrying coal between Newcastle and London. He studied and gained experience and inContinue reading “Cook’s Boat and Australia”
On The Road With DEC 