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Final Birding morning
Passionate birders (other than me 🙃), we were out again early on Friday morning before the shuttle to the airport arrived at 1:00 pm. Today we went to Ramsay Canyon where 37 species, including 8 species of hummingbirds were noted. Of great excitement was the presence of not one, but TWO pygmy owls. In spite…
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Surprise!
No birding today! My Road Scholar tour scheduled a visit to some sites accessed through the Fort Huachuca (wha-choo-ka with the emphasis on choo) military base and this subversive Canadian grandmother was not allowed on the base. I might learn secrets, you know, and pass them to CSIS. (CSIS is so secret almost no one…
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Two long and pleasurable days of birds, birds, birds
The second and third days of my birding tour were spent partly in the wild and partly at bird sanctuaries. I have discovered that my kind of birding is the latter where I can sit comfortably and wait for the birds to come to me. At least for part of the time…
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So many birds …
And such a challenge to shoot them! We saw 77 different species on Monday. Most are very small and flit about refusing to pose for photos, and they are far far away! Happiily I’ve managed to capture a few for you. But first, a word about our lodgings in Sierra Vista. We are staying in…
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A Return to Brooklyn, and So Long NYC
Day 11 NYC You may recall that my last visit to Brooklyn came to a premature end with my getting soaked. This time the weather app did not lie. The day was perfect for exploring a beautiful park and neighbourhood on foot.
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Little Island, Greenwich Village and Soho
Day 10 NYC In a break from tradition, Shirley and I spent a walking-card-free day today. We started at Little Island on the south east Hudson River bank. Little Island was developed after Hurricaine Sandy badly damaged Pier 54 as it was then known. The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation partnered with the Hudson River Trust…
