Sometimes it’s fun to use my spotting scope for things other than birds. Lorraine pointed out that they clouds over the bright moon tonight made a sort of “moonbow.” Noting how bright the moon was, I grabbed the scope. Even Non Birding Bill registered interest. I couldn’t believe how clear the moon looked in my [ Read More ]
Periodically, I get questions from someone looking for a binocular harness without the leather patch on the back. They might be vegan or maybe they want a harness without a particular logo on back. I’m happy to announce that someone has heard your request and answered. I get a lot of binocular harnesses. Some companies [ Read More ]
There are some birds who are celebrities to me–one would be the potoo. I was into birds as a kid, I had a ton of books and I remember sitting in my room looking at bird books and there were certain birds that were iconic that I hoped to see one day when I got [ Read More ]
I think I saw an honest to goodness sign of spring this weekend around Mr. Neil’s. I did a little driving to look for golden eagles again and I was stunned by the number of horned larks I flushed as I drove along the country roads. This is a terrible photo of a horned lark–heat [ Read More ]
As much as I enjoyed my time at Canopy Lodge in Panama, I was really looking forward to Canopy Tower. I have heard so much about this place from other birders and from one of the guides–Carlos. It has always stuck in my mind as a place I need to go. It did not disappoint. [ Read More ]
I’m in kind of a quandary about what to do with my June. I was not planning on going to the fabulous Potholes and Prairie Bird Festival this year–it’s a great festival, but work was taking me in a different direction in June. Then I heard through the grapevine that some bird bloggers are planning [ Read More ]
Okay, Tai-haku requested more photos of the centipede/millipede to try and figure out the strange id of the Panama bug we saw on one of our bird walks: Here it is with the toe of my Keens as a size comparison. Here it is with my reluctant hand model. It didn’t move nearly as fast [ Read More ]
Believe it or not, it can be a tad humid in Panama leading to a great deal of fog in the upper elevations early in the morning. It was like walking in a strange dreamland and were surrounded by strange sounds. One of them was a bird that excited our guide Tino (the Human iPod) [ Read More ]
There’s a tropical screech owl hidden in this photo: Do you see it? I think if you look hard, you can make out the small owl’s tail. See it? Okay, here’s a hint: Here’s a digiscoped image of the little owl. We so would not have seen this little guy had it not been for [ Read More ]
I have no patience. I had this idea that I would go through my Panama trip chronologically using my words, photos and even some edited HD video. But I’m too excited about this baby sloth! I blogged way too early about sloth in Panama. I didn’t think my look at a sloth was going to [ Read More ]
