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Pileated Woodpeckers at Reynolda Gardens 13 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
What a treat to have prolonged views of not one, but two Pileated Woodpeckers doing their thing! They were pecking away huge pieces of bark from a large dead limb of this Tulip Tree. Then they quickly...
The Reasons For Our Family Reunion 1 Aug 2013 | 08:22 am
In June, our family gathered in Black Mountain, NC for our first ever reunion. It was a huge success! We all had a wonderful time, as documented in numerous facebook pictures posted by many of us. For...
Cape May water birds 23 May 2013 | 02:25 am
Just to add to the previous two posts on Cape May, I thought I’d share a few pictures of some of the water birds we saw. The most common gull by far was the Laughing Gull: We often saw Laughing Gull...
Cape May land birds 22 May 2013 | 03:06 am
Cape May was not all about shorebirds and horseshoe crabs. There is quite a variety of habitats on this little peninsula, making the spring migration a veritable paradise for birders. During our four ...
Fun at the CAPE MAYgration Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Festival 20 May 2013 | 09:42 pm
Gail and I just got back from a really fun trip to Cape May, NJ. It is a birding paradise! We went specifically for this event, to see the spectacle of horseshoe crabs as they come out to spawn, whic...
A Prothonotary Warbler and an American Bittern 21 Apr 2013 | 02:36 am
This was a really good birding day! Early this morning we headed south with several members of our birding group to the Catawba College Ecological Preserve in Salisbury, NC. It was a pleasantly cool a...
Tempe and the Grand Canyon 15 Apr 2013 | 05:20 pm
Gail and I went to Arizona, mainly to visit Kelly and Jason and to see their new home. It is a very nice home in Tempe, which they eventually plan to keep as a rental. Good idea! It was really fun see...
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Miller Park 27 Mar 2013 | 09:20 pm
It was a windy, chilly morning. It was the kind of chill that makes you glad God created flannel-lined jeans! Gail and I were on a mission. People had been spotting a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Mil...
Visiting Max 19 Mar 2013 | 03:51 pm
Seeing Max was the only reason for this trip back to Toledo. He is growing up so fast!
Princess Gail’s New Sig Sauer P238 in Rosewood Tribal 17 Mar 2013 | 08:11 am
It’s a small pocket pistol, chambered for .380Auto, and weighing a mere 15 ounces. Like Princess Gail, her gun is a real beauty! And she shoots it very well! Wow!!!
