Cannundrums

In July 2021 I was with Judy in Horseheads, New York, near the southern end of Seneca Lake. I got up early for a 64 mile drive to Montezuma ...

The dark-eyed junco is a surprisingly varied bird with 14 or 15 subspecies. At one time they were considered separate species, but they inte...

I saw my first chipping sparrow at Letchworth State Park in western New York State on June 27, 2021. Judy and I were with our son, Andrew, a...

On July 8, 2024 Judy and I were in the midst of a tour around Ireland. We were on the best part: the wild west coast. Two days before we...

While in the Pamucak Wetlands in Turkey, nearing the Little Meander River where it empties into the Aegean Sea, I spotted a gull that did no...

I've seen lesser yellowlegs a couple of times. The first time was in the mitigation wetlands along McDonald Road outside Niland, Califor...

In March 2025 we visited our son, Sam, who was living at the time in Santa Cruz, California. On the 29th we took a circuitous drive, startin...