Yesterday evening I was in Austin to I present a program on “East Africa’s Unique Wildlife” to an enthusiastic Travis Audubon Society audience. Travis is the name of the county that surrounds Austin. The meeting began with Jesse (i’ve forgotten his last name) giving a power point summary of his successful Great Texas Birding Classic…

One of nature’s most amazing spectacles is the emergence at dusk of about 750,000 Mexican Free-tail Bats. Even more remarkable is that since they began roosting under the Congress Avenue Bridge in the mid 1980’s it has become not only Austin’s main tourist attraction but North America’s largest urban bat colony. Most of the colony…

This is day 87 of almost continuos back to back trips. It began in Kenya sometime in late February where I successfully completed my professional safari guides exam prior to scouting out some new locations. That was around the time of my last blog! An amazing 3 week tour in Northern Tanzania and Coastal Kenya…

The weather held for us all weekend and we did not get rained upon during the Waterfall Photography Workshop. We had many wonderful hours of photographing different falls found in the Delaware Water Gap area. This morning after departing Indian Ladder Falls I spotted something crossing the road ahead of us. It moved slowly and…

Since I will be away from an internet connection for a few days teaching my Waterfall Photography Workshop and Adrian is off leading a trip to Cape May, I thought I would share this video from YouTube that is always a joy to watch! I get to see these birds in Central America. The moonwalker…

On my way home from Ohio on Sunday, about 3 hours into my drive my eyelids began to get heavy. I pulled off at the first rest stop I found and took a nap. It had been a weekend of little sleep! After 40 minutes I drowsily awoke to the calls of a pair of…

10,000 birders. That’s the number of birders Kim Kaufman told me would converge upon Magee Marsh during the International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) celebration. I was skeptical. 10,000 birders in one location? How could that be? Was the spectacle of migration at this particular location that incredible? I had to find out for myself, so…

As promised, more incriminating photos of Kim and Kenn Kaufman jammin’ with their Rock n’ Roll band 6-7-8-OH! Friday night’s performance was fun and financially rewarding as they earned over $800 for the Ohio Young Birders Club education programs. Way to go! Kenn Kaufman on Bass Kim Kaufman – Lead Vocals Bob Hille – Guitar…

I made the 8.5 hour drive safely to OH!. It is 12:22 AM as begin to type… I am going to bed as I want to be up for the dawn chorus at Magee Marsh. However, I wanted to offer a hint of the next post. The past 5 hours I spent at Mango Momma’s…

A young Black Bear in my backyard in Promised Land State Park, PA. Spring migration is here! One of my favorite locations to go birding is in the park in which I spent most of my childhood, Promised Land State Park. I was two weeks old, according to my mom, the first time I went…

Just a quick note to let folks know that the PA Young Birders Club has a new web site up and running. There’s not much to it yet, but we will be adding more info and a blog in the near future. Check it out at: http://www.PaYoungBirders.org

The Spring Peepers are singing! The PEeEP of one is a really cool sound. When there are hundreds, the clamor is deafening! Last night I joined science teacher (and Wildside Nature Tours trip co-leader), Paula Mandracchia, and a group of students at the Game Farm Preserve on Game Farm Road (just west of the intersection…