Much of my “free” time has lately been spent on categorizing and sorting the hundreds of butterfly, dragonfly, and other assorted macrophotos I took during my recent visit to Texas in order ot represent Wingscapes at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. As a result of this activity, I have discovered a particular fondness for […]
John E. Riutta
About John E. Riutta
Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
The Lens Not Taken
Regular readers of Born Again Bird Watcher who may have read some of the initial posts on my recent trip to Panama likely discovered in them much whinging by yours truly about the fact that I did not take a sufficiently long lens with me to obtain respectable photos of the birds I saw there. […]
A Study of Truth in Green
Doing back-to-back natural history events is not easy. Having just returned at 1:30 AM this morning from the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas where I exhibited the Wingscapes BirdCam, I am immediately setting up the Wingscapes display once again later this morning at the National Association for Interpretation’s annual national workshop in […]
Does This Make Me Paparazzi?
Walk through the exhibit hall at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival and you never know who you'll see. For example, on a stroll through the exhibit hall I turned the corner and found Birdchick and Kenn Kaufman giving a joint interview at the Swarovski booth. Moblogging near notable authors, peace and good bird watching.