Category: a-roving

Oregon bird haiku

May 31, 2024 a-roving rhymes take a picture the birds and the trees
This is the first of two posts about this year’s birding trip to Central Oregon (2024).  A different take In late May, Craig and I spent a delightful few days birding in Central Oregon with cousins Ron and Linda — our annual trip. We began at the Summer Lake Wildlife…

San Diego between the storms

February 2, 2024 a-roving the birds and the trees
January between rainstorms was a lovely time to visit the San Diego area. Though this trip didn’t turn out quite as we’d imagined, we had fun exploring some of the less-visited sites.  To fly or not to fly? Private pilots like to say that if you absolutely must get somewhere…

Two overnights at Crater Lake

October 6, 2023 a-roving
We made two visits to Crater Lake this year, one at each end of its short season.  The season opens Last May, we wrapped up our annual Oregon birding trip with a stop at Crater Lake National Park. We were lucky: the season had just begun and I was able…

Echo Lake Summer 2023

August 4, 2023 a-roving
In July we made our second annual trip to Echo Lake.  Going back This past winter brought so much snow to the Sierras that we worried whether our planned annual stay at Echo Lake would be possible. Would the snow have retreated sufficiently to allow Echo Chalet to open on…

Birding Oregon 2023: Malheur

June 2, 2023 a-roving take a picture the birds and the trees
Oregon Trip, Part 2: The second part of this year’s Oregon birding adventure took us back to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.  Craig and I have done quite a lot of birding in the past few months! In March we spent a week birding in Texas (links to the relevant posts…

Birding the Gulf Coast

April 7, 2023 a-roving take a picture the birds and the trees
Texas Roadtrip, Part 6: We wrapped up our Texas birding adventure with stops at two hotspots on the Gulf Coast: the nature center on South Padre Island and the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.  Just in time for spring break Craig and I had been warned before we left Big Bend…

Down in the dumps

March 27, 2023 a-roving the birds and the trees
Texas Roadtrip, Part 5: After leaving the amazing birding hotspots in McAllen, Texas, we headed east to the Gulf Coast. We stayed overnight in Brownsville, with the intention of making an early morning visit to the local dump. Terns and tacos Our birding adventure in Brownsville began with trying in…

Beautiful Big Bend

March 24, 2023 a-roving take a picture
Texas Roadtrip, Part 4: I thought you might appreciate a break from all the bird-y posts and enjoy some scenery and wildflowers from Big Bend National Park.  Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive We began our exploration of Big Bend National Park with a drive down to the Río Grande via the…

Birding the Río Grande Valley

March 16, 2023 a-roving take a picture the birds and the trees
Texas Roadtrip, Part 3: Our travels continued with visits to three birding hotspots near McAllen, Texas, just north of the Río Grande and the Mexican border. Where do the real birders go? Before our trip, we called up Craig’s cousin Ron, birder extraordinaire, to ask for his suggestions as to…