Wanderings (Birding)

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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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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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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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 -