The decision to review the recently published National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography (National Geographic Photography Field Guides) in The Well-read Naturalist was not one made lightly. After all, WRN is explicitly dedicated to books pertaining directly to the study of natural history in all its myriad forms. Would a book providing advice […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
Behind the Scenes at the Natural History Museum
Prior to reading Richard Fortey’s Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum I honestly cannot recall audibly exclaiming “Bravo!” upon completing a reading of any book. Such is the effect of Professor Fortey’s prose – it wraps one up in a continuous flow of fascinating scientific insights, superbly wrought historical […]
Downloading for Improved Mental Health
Ordinarily, one of my favorite passive activities during the day involves listening to National Public Radio programming. From Morning Edition to All Things Considered, I formerly enjoyed keeping up to date on what was happening around the world. However with the state of the economy continuing to exhibit a negative atmospheric pressure in a vacuum […]
Photo Interlude: When a Plover Meets a Plover…
While sorting some image files on my laptop, I found this one of two Semipalmated Plovers, Charadrius semipalmatus, that I digiscoped during a visit to the barrier islands off Chatham, Massachusetts using the first Swarovski spotting scope (a borrowed one) that I ever carried out into the field. Recalling that, I suddenly realized that I […]