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Travels With Birds
08.05.2025
16 January, 2025 Bougainvillea Hotel, Heredia A walk through the gardens at the Bougainvillea Hotel is always a great way to start t...
05.05.2025
I have been very happy to be a member of the committee to have Kitchener officially declared a Bird Friendly City; the Dark-eyed Junco ...
02.05.2025
I think that Steven Vogel must have been a quirky character and this book is impressive evidence of a scientific curiosity influenced...
28.04.2025
14 April, 2025 We were joined by Lisa for a morning's birding at RIM Park. Migrants are flooding the area almost daily and we w...
25.04.2025
15 January, 2025 Natural Lodge Caño Negro - Entrada Los Chiles - Cinchona - Bougainvillea Hotel Caño Negro had delivered for us ...
22.04.2025
02 April, 2025 In Our Backyard, Waterloo, ON It seemed for a while that snow would never give up this year, and the birds, like us, h...
18.04.2025
I am not a paleontologist and I am not au courant with all the literature on Tyrannosaurus rex , so I am unable to judge whether this...
15.04.2025
One of my "go to" books, a volume that I cherish and use frequently, is David L. Wagner's Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Gu...
11.04.2025
There is an inherent joy in interacting every day with a creative person. It is nothing less than exciting. Fortunately this is ...
09.04.2025
01 April, 2025 Spring has been a decidedly hit and miss proposition this year, but the first of April was delightful and we went for ...
05.04.2025
Clouds are ephemeral but the lasting impression this book leaves upon you is anything but. Who among us has not observed clouds...
03.04.2025
14 January, 2025 Natural Lodge Caño Negro - Refugio mixto Caño Negro Before breakfast at Natural Lodge Caño Negro we gathered at the bi...
28.03.2025
13 January, 2025 Selva Mar- Limón - Bijagua - Caño Negro We had enjoyed our stay at Selva Mar, but it was time to move on. We set ...
26.03.2025
Many of you will no doubt recall that I recently reviewed the above book here . The earlier post would have been more complet...
24.03.2025
14 March 2025 As the snow receded at home Snowdrops (family Amarycillidae ) were visible and brought us great joy. We couldn't resist b...
20.03.2025
09 March, 2025 Winter is slowly relaxing its grip and the mountains of snow are receding. All around there are indications that sprin...
17.03.2025
In 2021 I read the highly entertaining account of a Ph.D student undertaking research in a foreign country under difficult circumstan...
14.03.2025
" Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infini...
12.03.2025
I think it is safe to say that snakes do not rank high on the roster of most people's favourite animals. The fact that they slither p...
09.03.2025
It sometimes seems that barely a day goes by without the publication of another field guide to birds - or even butterflies, wildflow...
06.03.2025
Over the last two or three years my familiarity with sharks has grown exponentially, thanks primarily to books published by Princeton...
04.03.2025
11 January, 2025 Las Cruces - Rice Fields at Las Pangas- Selva Mar Hotel, Punta Leona We had enjoyed our stay at Las Cruces, with many ...
27.02.2025
10 January, 2025 Las Cruces - Cabañas Palmira - Las Cruces - Aviva Orgánica We left Las Cruces at 06h:00 to travel to Cabañas Palmira w...
25.02.2025
“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every ...
19.02.2025
Biodiversity enables human life; it is imperative that all of humanity reconnects with what sustains the ability of our species to persist. ...
No bare footed, tree climbing, frog holding, cloud spotting, bird calling, wild foraging, moon gazing, firefly chasing, creek following, roc...
07 January, 2025 Batsú Gardens - Parque Nacional de Los Quetzales - Miriam's Quetzals Coffee Shop - Savegre Hotel We began our day wit...
08 January, 2025 Savegre Hotel - Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary - Las Cruces Biological Station We had a half hour to meande...
There is doubtless something in the air at Emory University in Atlanta, GA that attracts Dutch scientists interested in animal behaviou...
03.02.2025
https://actionnetwork.org/ petitions/pledge-for-canada- petition?source=direct_link& There was never a more important time to stand up for...
Having been impressed with Roger Pasquier's scholarly Birds in Winter , I eagerly looked forward to his latest work on birds at rest...
31.01.2025
06 January, 2025 Los Robles Trails and the Grounds and Gardens at the Savegre Hotel The day began with an early morning visit to a we...
30.01.2025
This series of "Habitats of...." volumes by Princeton University Press is absolutely first class and contributes in no small way to our...
28.01.2025
The subtitle to the book, A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists and Ecologists , says it all. I wish that this work had been availab...
24.01.2025
You have already met the members of our group, so I'll get right into the details of our trip. 04 January, 2025 Waterloo - Pearson Inte...
22.01.2025
It might be argued that Australia is best known for its kangaroos and koalas, its parrots and cockatoos, even the Sydney Opera House,...
19.01.2025
We just returned from our fourth visit to this magical country and would do it again four times more in a heartbeat. On this occ...
09.01.2025
During the recent strike by Canada Post workers (still unresolved) Miriam was entrusting her ETSY shipments to Chit Chat, and we jour...
02.01.2025
Even though Christmas comes and goes without celebration or fuss, I received an amazing Santa gift. Louise de Kiriline Lawrence...
28.12.2024
"Whole ecosystems are threatened, and the losses have started to feed on themselves ." Elizabeth Kolbert Over many years I have search...