For birders, warbler migration is so exciting . . . so satisfying . . . one tends to forget there are other birds moving north. This evening for a change of pace I travelled to Popham Beach, in nearby Phippsburg to see how many Piping Plovers were nesting there this year. I saw three […]
Last Christmas, Ingrid gave me Condo Reservations for Memorial Day Weekend at the Saddleback Mountain Ski Area. Saddleback is an enormous and beautiful resort, with spectacular views and après-ski support. Unfortunately, it has had a checkered financial past, closing for years at a time . . . the most current shutdown beginning in 2015. Its […]
Our last post was 5 days ago . . . and for those of you that follow this blog know that that is a long time. It’s not that we have been birding . . . Ingrid and I have probably been out a half dozen time but they have been short expeditions followed […]
I just had one of those magical experiences that only a birder can appreciate. This evening I went for a 5 mile jog around a Westport Island loop that I really enjoy (non-birding). Magic Tree About a mile from the car I notice a splash of orange at the top of tree which immediately made […]
Last Thursday evening, Ingrid and I headed to Louisiana to watch our son Bradley receive his MBA at LSU. We stayed in New Orleans and saw all the sights. We had brunch at Brennans; saw a dixie land band doing a wedding march on Bourbon Street; drank Hurricane’s a Pat O’Briens; and took a double-decker […]
After recent trips to Arizona and Chicago . . . it’s great to be home in Maine as spring migration is in full swing. I’m up at first light (about 4:15 am) and birding until I should be at my desk (8:00). One of my favorite birds, the Warbling Vireo, are quite loud early in […]
Our son Bradley lives in California which seems a long way off sometimes. Next weekend he gets his MBA and to celebrate I decided to treat him to a weekend in Chicago and a Red Sox Game. So Friday night I flew west from Portland, Maine and Bradley flew east from San Francisco . […]
I work with a fellow birder who happens to live outside of London, England. Many a conference calls begin or end with Ethan and Steve exchanging bird stories. Today I was bragging to my British associate about the Little Egret I had seen early this morning. Steve related that they are bring seen in greater […]
The Captain William Fitzgerald Preserve in Maine is a Grassland and Pine Barren that used to be runway extension for the old Brunswick Naval Air-station. I guess the idea was a plan undershooting (or over shooting the runway would land in this large empty field. When the base closed 10 years ago, the 66-acre parcel […]
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