The trees were dripping with myrtles!
The “myrtles” were Myrtle Warblers, also called Yellow-rumped Warblers. Yesterday the wind shifted to the NW and the woods between us and the tip of Whitefish Point were full of warblers, primarily “myrtles.” Between eight am and 7 pm I tallied close to 350 of this little beauties. There were also a few Palm Warblers…
Justin Verlander
We’ve watched Justin Verlander pitch since his rookie year. We watched his growth in Detroit, were sad when he left and happy when he came back. I was excited to watch his pitch earlier in 2026, and was quite upset when he was injured. But yesterday we say a glimpse of the old Justin Verlander.…
Tomorrow I should make pancakes
This BC cartoon reminded me that I haven’t make pancakes in awhile. Since we have maple syrup I think that I’ll do that tomorrow.
Some humor to get the week going
Ah yes, me and some of my friends. This one just made me laugh. That’s all, more later.
Erie Metropark Hawks
We spend part of the day yesterday at the Detroit River Hawk Watch in Erie Metropark which is in Wayne County, Michigan. I spent from 9 AM until noon watching hawks. I wan’t disappointed. I was able to seen over 2,000 Broad-winged Hawks, which was nice. If I had stayed the entire day I might…
A talk about Brazil
Last night I had the pleasure of giving a talk on the Pantanal, Brazil at the downtown library. The talk was surprisingly well attended. We saw a bunch of people tht we hadn’t seen in a long time. Here are a couple of photos that I used. Sunbitterns, a favorite tropical bird. Giant anteater with…
Holiday Beach, Ontario
Yesterday my friend Mike and I spend the morning and early afternoon at Holiday Beach Conservation Area in Ontario, Canada. From 1980 until around 1990 I spend a lot of time there as both a bird-watcher and hawk counter. But, not only did we go there we got to use the Gordie Howe Bridge to…
A few sketches
This is from January, 2001. It must have been a weekend or during the summer. We were sitting across the street at State and Liberty. Neither of these business exist any more. Minneapolis in the summer of 2001. Alexis was sitting and writing as I sketched. A viceroy crysallis. A beetle that I collected in…
Traveling with watercolors
I have a small traveling watercolor kit that I traveled with in the 1980s and 1990s. Recently I started doing it again, but haven’t done much. This are a few watercolors from the distant past. Attempting to paint ruby-throated Hummingbirds in nature was a challenge. however there was an perch near where we put up…
Some pen sketches
I haven’t posted any of my pen drawings for quite awhile. So, here are a few from last year. Sunrise on the Halifax River in Florida. We were staying with our friends Patsy and Ken and I would get up quite early and sit on the porch drinking coffee watching the sun come up and…
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