Wanderings

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.

- John Muir -

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My Quest to See 1/4 of the World's Bird Species — My Quest to See 1/4 of the World's Bird Species

July 5, 2026

I came out of the "birding closet" a long time ago. I used to be embarrassed that I was a bird watcher, but now I embrace it. Most of my friends are aware that I "like birds" but very few know the depth of my hobby...

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The Canal — The Canal

April 20, 2026 | Rio Chagres, Panama

Parts of the canal were as I imagined it. A straightened river, industrial ports, and massive just massive ships slowly plying its waters, but like the Mississippi River, the Panama Canal has backwaters, bayous, and tributaries that provide a haven for Panama's natural world...

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Islands in the Sky — Islands in the Sky

April 16, 2026 | Chiriquí Panama

The cloud forests of Central America act as islands in the sky isolating mountaintop populations of plants and animals from even nearby mountain peaks. The environment itself is special and this isolation makes each mountaintop unique...

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Life on a Nameless Creek — Life on a Nameless Creek

February 14, 2026 | British Columbia, Canada

Along the northern coast of British Columbia, warming oceans and shifting salmon runs are altering one of the world’s last temperate rainforests. Yet in a remote inlet, a small unnamed creek still holds its ancient rhythm...

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You Know You've Been Fishing Too Long When... — You Know You've Been Fishing Too Long When...

January 8, 2026 | Rio Blanco, Aysén Chile

You know you've been fishing too long when, the hallucinations begin. It was our last night at the River of Dreams Lodge in Chilean Patagonia. I had been fishing all day for 5 days in a row...

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Rare and Endangered, the California Condors of Pinnacles National Park — Rare and Endangered, the California Condors of Pinnacles National Park

May 4, 2025 | Pinnacles National Park, CA USA

California Condors hold a special allure for me. When I first was getting into natural history and bought my first field guide, The Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, they immediately piqued my interest...

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Endemics of Hispanolia — Endemics of Hispanolia

April 30, 2025 | Dominican Republic

I confess. I didn't even know the island was called Hispaniola. I was headed to the Dominican Republic for a long weekend and doing a bit of research before had I learned that, yes, the island is called Hispaniola and its comprised of both the Dominican Republic and Haiti...

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Birding in Tanzania — Birding in Tanzania

January 26, 2025 | Tanzania

I went to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and for a safari to see the megafauna of Africa, the "Big 5" and others as they say. Birding was a lower priority, but being on a new continent for the first time and in a country with an amazing diversity of biomes, the birding didn't disappoint...

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Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho Route — Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho Route

January 12, 2025 | Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania

I'm going to be begin with the end. We made it! We took the Lemosho route with Climb Kili on an eight day adventure that culminated with us reaching the roof top of Africa a bit before dawn on Saturday January 18th...

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400 Birds in 2024 — 400 Birds in 2024

2024

I've been setting personal and professional goals for myself for a few years now. They give my life focus and they give me motivation. Birding and photography are hobbies but they can be a rather obsessive...

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Absaroka Wilderness Area on Horseback — Absaroka Wilderness Area on Horseback

September 8, 2024 | Absaroka-Beartooh Wilderness Area, Montana, USA

Riding a horse doesn't come natural to me. For me, its like dancing. I always seem a 1/2 beat off. Its also an exercise in trust. You need to trust your steed. You can guide it, but it knows how to walk, trot, and navigate the rocks and other obstacles on its path...

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A Week in Khutzeymateen — A Week in Khutzeymateen

June 23, 2024 | Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Preserve, BC, Canada

I'm afraid of bears. My fear goes beyond healthy fear and a bit into paranoia. Yet, I continue to seek them out and to explore places they call home. Grizzly Bears hold a special place in my heart and simultaneously in the fear receptors of my brain...

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My Thin Place — My Thin Place

January 2024 | Patagonia, Argentina

Thin Places are locations where the connection between this world and the eternal is well... Thin. It is a place where you realize there is more to life than your brief time on this planet, that there is something beyond, something there, something that is always beyond our perception...

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Heading Back to Patagonia — Heading Back to Patagonia

November, 2023 | Patagonia

David Coggins said in his book, The Optimist,

Patagonia is not what anybody's made, it's what's lasted despite all we've made. This is the natural world at its most direct and I feel lucky to be in a place that's indifferent to me...

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Great Bear Rainforest — Great Bear Rainforest

September 2023 | Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia

I knew it would be fun, I thought it could be great, but it turned out to be an epic, even spiritual adventure. I went to see and photograph bears, a unique and amazing population of bears, the Spirit Bears of British Columbia...

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Perfect Moments in the Lamar Valley — Perfect Moments in the Lamar Valley

September 2023 | Yellowstone National Park

I am a seeker of perfect moments. Those moments when you are 100% present, yes, no cell phones and no external interruptions, but more importantly and much harder, no interruptions from that voice inside your head...

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Birding in Portugal — Birding in Portugal

October 2022 | Portugal

I was planning on being in Portugal for 10 days on a bicycle trip, but was hoping to squeeze in a bit of birding. However, I had no car and didn't know where to go or how to get there. Turning to social media, I found on eBird the Regional Reviewer, Eduardo Realinho, for the municipality that I was going to be in, Guardo, where we would have a down day for biking...

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Anthony Twain -