Ah yes, me and some of my friends. This one just made me laugh. That’s all, more later.
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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 mightContinue reading “Erie Metropark Hawks”
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 withContinue reading “A talk about Brazil”
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 toContinue reading “Holiday Beach, Ontario”
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 inContinue reading “A few sketches”
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 upContinue reading “Traveling with watercolors”
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 andContinue reading “Some pen sketches”
Interesting plants
The other day when we were heading south to Ann Arbor we stopped at Point LaBarbe in Mackinac County. We were looking for some interesting late summer plants. And we actually found everything that we were looking for. Fen grass-of-parnassus on the left, lesser fringed gentian on the right. The mixed cobble and sand nearContinue reading “Interesting plants”
What was in the garden last night
Our garden, which is mostly edible plants also attracts a great variety of insects, both during the day and at night. Tomato hornworm caterpillar that’s been parasitized and covered in small coccoons. It’s still alive and munching on tomato leaves. Female Chinese mantis that laid eggs in the kale. This non-native species has apparently fedContinue reading “What was in the garden last night”
Diseases, past, present, and future
Sometimes I get lost in thinking about diseases. Since the early 2000s I’ve read the monthly issue of Emerging Infectious Disease. This is a journal put out by the CDC on disease outbreaks. At the time I first learned about this journal I was teaching both genetics and evolution and influenza was a hot topic.Continue reading “Diseases, past, present, and future”
