Thanks to a recent vacation, a work trip and visiting my usual haunts, I have added 14 new birds to my life list.
Category: Beyond Florida
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Whale tail tales: Identifying 7 humpbacks I saw in Alaska
So, how do can you identify a humpback whale using the catalog? It’s pretty easy if you get a picture of a whale’s tail.
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Amazing Humpback Whale bubble-net feeding experience in Alaska
We got to see them swim, dive, expel air from their blowholes and show off their tails. But their bubble-net-feeding was incredible to watch.
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This sure isn’t SeaWorld. Watching Orcas in Alaska
We were expecting to see Humpback Whales – and we did later on – but the first whales we spotted were a small pod of Orcas, or Killer Whales
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Grand Canyon West – absolutely amazing
The west rim is on land owned by the Hualapai Tribe, part of their reservation. It’s definitely less crowded that other parts of the Grand Canyon.
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Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve in Nevada: Great place to spot some new birds
In addition to the Anna’s Hummingbirds, I saw Bufflehead, Green-winged Teal and Redhead ducks, Say’s Phoebes, Verdins, Western Grebes and White-crowned Sparrows.
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Glitziest bird in Vegas? Meet Anna’s Hummingbird
While visiting Las Vegas, I shouldn’t have been surprised to see one of the most colorful, glitziest birds around: Anna’s Hummingbird.
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A wet, splish-splashy day at Merritt Island
It was typical 2024 Florida winter weather when I visited Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, Jan. 27. It was sunny, then cloudy, then rainy, then cloudy, then sunny, etc. Rinse and repeat, as they say.
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Nothing could be finer than these Carolina birds
Winter birding: A quick trip to western North Carolina gave me a handful of new-to-me birds plus some other familiar ones.
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Vacation photos: Birds, fish in Bahamas
Like many folks who go on vacation, I take photos. It’s just my photos are usually of birds and fish. That was the case when my wife and I went on a cruise that stopped at Coco Cay in the Bahamas.