Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

I was driving home from work this afternoon. It was an overcast, chilly, unprepossessing day, and I had no greater ambitions than to crash for the evening. I drove past the pond on Black Squirrel Creek and saw a small … Continue reading →

It was two years and one day ago that somebody first found the Western Screech-Owl at Clear Spring Ranch in extreme southern El Paso County. It would have been a lifer for me then, and I drove the 32 miles … Continue reading →

dendrocygna (from dendron, tree, and cygnus, swan) autumnalis (belonging to autumn) Wednesday, January 15, 2020 — 7:23 am Winter Garden, Florida — Newton Park on Lake Apopka This was the lifer I was shooting for, but eBird sightings at Newton … Continue reading →

rostrhamus (from rostrum, beak, and hamus, hook) sociabilis (sociable, gregarious) Wednesday, January 15, 2020 – 7:06 a.m. Winter Garden, Florida – Newton Park on Lake Apopka I traveled to Orlando with a group from my work for the Children’s Pastors’ … Continue reading →

When I arrived at Newton Park on Lake Apopka, the sun hadn’t risen and things were quiet. Very shortly thereafter, it got light enough and birds began materializing out of thin air. Or so it seemed. They were everywhere. I … Continue reading →

I finished registering at the hotel by 4:30. By 4:40, I was outside with my binoculars and camera. I’d spotted a flock of White Ibises on the lawn as we pulled in the entrance, so that’s where I headed first. … Continue reading →