Wading with Shorebirds at Jamaica Bay

C’mon, let’s take a walk.  Wait, did you go get your permit? Yes?  Ok then.
In a few weeks, there will be a bloggy meet-up at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, NY.  You are coming, aren’t you?  It is one of the most amazing places to see at most times of the year, BUT, my [...]

Birding the Long Trail

The sun was beating down mercilessly as I trudged down a particularly open part of the Appalachian Trail.  I would not call what I was doing hiking, frankly, it was more of an amble.  Sweat trickled down my my cheek.  Stopping to pull off my hat and mop my brow, I saw a through-hiker staggering [...]

What’s the deal-ee-o?

“Why are we stopping?”
I shrugged, “I dunna know.”
I pulled the car over onto the grass behind the others.  Diane, Catherine and Christopher peered through the tinted windows at the marsh.  Frowning, I stared out the driver’s side window at the house across the street.  There was a young person lying on a love seat behind [...]

Look out Below!

Wordless Wednesday

What’re You Lookin’ At?

Where you goin’?

What do ya see?

I don’t see anything.  Wait. Maybe.

Piping Plovers are tiny shorebirds that look like rocks. Seriously if they weren’t running around all over the place you wouldn’t know they were there.  These are the same birds that close beaches all up and down the eastern seaboard to protect their nests.  They [...]

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