Board a panga with me and let’s slowly float along the cliffs of Tagus Cove. The high rocks are teeming with life that can only be seen by water. This cove is popular with a number of birds and wildlife, as well as Sally Lightfoot Crabs and Marine […]
Little did I know that the walk from the black sanded beach to a beige colored beach was to be a power walk. As we had a wet landing upon arrival on Santiago Island, I had worn my Teva sandals in the water. Walking with wet Tevas and […]
Rabida Island, Galapagos is a beautiful iron-rich red rock island. Arrival by a wet landing from our ship, the Eclipse, we walked a short trail that led off the beach. A continual screech cry couldn’t be ignored and looking down I saw a teenage Galapagos Mockingbird screaming at […]
Tortoise, Turtle or Terrapin? It all depends on where you find them. The Galapagos Islands are world famous with the large lumbering gentle beasts that dot the landscape on certain islands. A visit to Urbina Bay on Isabela Island shared intimate views of wild Giant Tortoises. Tortoise highways […]
Many parks around the world are well known for the number of pigeons that are around. Flying overhead and landing on heads and arms, all for a handout. But in Guayaquil, the Parque Seminario, better known as Iguana Park located at 10 de Augosto Avenue and Chile Avenue […]
Off in the distance in a remote and private farm is a large flock of wild Turkeys. My hunting friend has been wanting to share his forest secrets for some time now and I finally made some time to head down to Southern Maryland. Arriving to the broad […]
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ Eleanor Roosevelt
There are little bandits in my garden. Very smart and now very plump bandits. One of the many bird feeders in my garden is this small metal mesh ball that is intended for peanuts for nuthatches, woodpeckers and the like. Most certainly not intended for creatures with fur […]
As the Snowy Owls derailed me from a scheduled trip to Conowingo Dam in Darlington, Maryland. I made the trek today in hopes to get some amazing images of the Bald Eagles. The forecast has been for a sunny day, but it was cloudy when I woke up. […]
“Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O’Hara, that Tara, that land doesn’t mean anything to you? Why, land is the only thing worth workin’ worth fightin’ for, worth dying for, because its the only thing that lasts.” Gerald O’Hara:
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 