ontheroadwithdec

Alaska; Kenai

I put this Bald Eagle photo here because Alaskan eagles are so common and familiar that anyone who has been to Alaska would wonder where the eagle was if I didn’t. In fact this page which will show some of the birds of the Kenai Peninsula and will not mention eagles again. There is justContinue reading “Alaska; Kenai”

Oregon’s Crossbills

Please consider these images to be copyrighted and contact me for permission to use them. Many birders head for Oregon, especially around the town of Sisters, to tick off an array of woodpeckers. I had this opportunity when a friend had already booked a room and rented a car. The woodpecker list is impressive; White-headed,Continue reading “Oregon’s Crossbills”

The Falklands; Remote and Wonderful

The Falkland Islands are small and distant from most anywhere else on the planet. They are cold, often dreary, yet they attract about 20 times as many visitors annually as there are residents. Why? Because it is wild, remote, barren, and full of ocean-going birds and marine mammals. The nature people come here; in veryContinue reading “The Falklands; Remote and Wonderful”

Wild Turkeys are Booming

A Tiny Visitor

Please regard all images as copyrighted and ask for permission to use any of them. thanks, DEC Throughout the summer we have had Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (RTHU)at the sugar-water feeders. They are brazen, confident, belligerent, and mechanically amazing. They chase each other with great vigor as they defend the food supply. They fly in and stop,Continue reading “A Tiny Visitor”

Whales off Cape Cod

It was mid-June and the ocean water had warmed to about 64 degrees in the inner bays, but it was still in the mid-40s when we arrived off Monomoy (Chatham, Massachusetts) near Crab Ledge and there was a real chill in the air. It may have gotten into the high 70s and low 80s onContinue reading “Whales off Cape Cod”

Texas, Big Bend; a bit more

Please consider these images to be copyrighted and contact me for permission to use. By the way — I have imported a whole lot of blog pages from my Blogger site and they are now here at WordPress. Please scan back through there years for many many posts that you have never seen. Enjoy them.Continue reading “Texas, Big Bend; a bit more”

Big Bend Texas; a few birds

Texas is large and diverse. It isn’t all grassland and cattle. Much of it is dry and sparse; cattle aren’t happy in those places. In other spots it is rolling hills with evergreens and running water. The eastern side of this large state is either pine woods or coastal, with warm salt water. In stillContinue reading “Big Bend Texas; a few birds”

Texas Tea; oil and gas and money

As we flew into Midland-Odessa Texas from Dallas-Fort Worth it was easy to notice that the ground was pocked with extraction stuff. Hundreds and hundreds of pads from which gas and oil was being drawn to the surface; pad after pad from which fracking takes place deep underground and oil pumps hum. The smell ofContinue reading “Texas Tea; oil and gas and money”