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During my trip to Panama in 2019 there were many butterflies out and about. One day we encountered a mineral “slick” – soils rich in minerals that were wet, but drying in the sun. There were hundreds of butterflies on the ground. This is a small photographic sample of them. Underwing of a least heliconian.Continue reading “Panama – butterflies”

In 2019 my friend Mike and I went to Panama with other friends on a bird-watching tour in hopes of seeing a Harpy Eagle. We spent the majority of time in the Darien, the eastern-most Province in Panama down at the Darien Gap which separates Panama from South America. Roadside Hawk and Gray Hawk wereContinue reading “Panama – hawks and more”

A 3×3 m patch of reindeer lichens on the sand near our cabin at Whitefish Point. This is what much of the open area of our property looks like. The is some scattered false dune heather among the lichens. The reindeer lichens are in the genus Cladina. In this picture green reindeer lichen (Cladina mitis)Continue reading “Sunday dose of lichens”

Some old moose bones for drawing. Susan found them at one of her Palm Warbler areas a few years ago. I decided to photograph them as we were getting ready to head south. For many years we have stopped at the Trout Lake Bar and Grill for breakfast on our trips south from Whitefish Point.Continue reading “Breakfast in Trout Lake”

Last night as the clouds were moving in I got a quick photo of the Moon and Jupiter with my phone. ,As the wind shifted and clouds moved in, the temperature started to drop. This morning it was 43F when I got up. So, as is our tradition when it gets cold, I lit ourContinue reading “Whitefish Point lichens and more”

We came up to the cabin yesterday. It was an easy drive, as long as you enjoy 365 miles in the car. Susan made lunch so we stopped at a rest area and were able to sit at a picnic table in the sun and eat. Last night it only dropped to 49F and theContinue reading “Whitefish Point”

My first visit to the archeological site at Chichen Itza was with Susan in 1987. We were traveling in the Yucatan and we stayed at The Piramide Inn in Piste, on the main road between the east coast of the Yucatan and Merida. We entered the site at the opposite end of the ruins fromContinue reading “My time in Mexico (part 4) – Chichen Itza”

This Black-billed Magpie, a western North American species spent a week at our feeders at the cabin sometime around 2010-12 The Golden Eagle is a common migrant in small numbers in April and early May at Whitefish Point. While I have never photographed a Northern Hawk Owl at our cabin, this one was about half-wayContinue reading “Some birds from Whitefish Point over the years.”

The above piece of art I created years ago from stamps that were essentially worthless. I cut them around interesting images and stuck them down onto a piece of watercolor paper. Each group in there tells its own little story. There are birds and Primates all over the place. A group of fish. There areContinue reading “The garden and more at the start of November”

The final art challenge for October is entitled “predator.” I’ll start with the head of a Gyrfalcon that I have used previously. Raptor feet and their talons are impressive. For the past two years we have been able to watch a pair of Osprey attempt to nest on a cell tower that we can seeContinue reading “The final art challenge of October”