While attending the Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside, Ohio, I had the exceptional good fortune to meet Connie, author of Birds O’ The Morning. During our many conversations over the course of the symposium, she casually commented to me that she really appreciated all the interesting items of field gear I profile on Born Again […]
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Securing My Passage
In the more-or-less immortal words of Mr. James Brown, “Papa’s got a brand new bag.” Not being exceptionally familiar with Mr. Brown’s music, I’m not certain as to just what he meant when he sang those words; however when I write them, they mean that I went down to my friendly and relatively local Filson […]
Photo Interlude: Blue-headed Vireo
With the return of the rains here in the Pacific Northwest, I am reminded that autumn approaches. Autumn means many things to me, among which for the better part of the past decade has been included a visit to the lower Rio Grande Valley area of Texas, where I photographed this little Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo […]