Blessed
Jeff and I are feeling especially blessed as we look back over 2022, and ahead to 2023. Reminiscent of the Titanic? A person [...]
Avian Fashion Show
[excerpt from show introduction by Jeff, CEO of Rainforest Fashions] Welcome to the Fall 2022 Avian Fashion Show, coming to you live from the steamy [...]
Why the Resplendent Quetzal?
The Resplendent Quetzal is a bird watcher’s dream. To “tick” one requires near superhuman persistence. Since persistence is one of my strongest traits, this should [...]
Jewels of Nature
Unrealistic Goals? Jeff went to Costa Rica to photograph large and colorful birds. I went to photograph the smallest of them all, the hummingbird. These [...]
Toucans in Three Acts
Big or colorful birds. This is what I told our Costa Rican guide when he asked what birds I wanted to photograph. After a brief [...]
I’m Losing It
I am not a birder! Except I have photographed many a bird this year. What has happened to me? In Iceland it was Puffins. In [...]
The Story of the Lilac Breasted Roller
The Lilac Breasted Roller, LBR to those in the know, is one of the most beautiful birds on the planet, indigenous to the southern portions [...]
The Waiting Game
The Waiting Game Rarely (if ever) is the picture perfect scene of an iconic location ready for me to walk up and "click" my photo. [...]
Remembering my Dad
Dawn was breaking as we boarded Robert's pontoon boat for a cruise on Canyon Lake. Although I've been to this area many times, I have [...]
The Hunt for Puffins
Puffins are cute birds, so cute that people plan vacations just to observe them. Kathryn and I became such people, planning our vacation to Iceland [...]