After yesterday’s Grizzlies – didn’t I mention the second distant one, also with two cubs, late in the evening? – I was reconciled to a more mundane day. But this was a warmer day and the sun shone and the scenery continued to be gorgeous and amazing. And who needs bears anyway? There are plenty…
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Bear and Breakfast with Barbara
Breakfast today was a good meal – partly because it was preceded by a Black Bear, but also because of the conversation. I slipped into an empty booth between a man of retirement age thumbing though a Peterson Field Guide and a middle-aged couple. I asked the Peterson Man whether he was a birder and…
Book review
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Here is a link to a very nice review of my book Blogging for Nature. The review was written by fellow blogger-birder Alan Tilmouth. And here is where you can buy a copy yourself – and thank you to the many of you who have already.
Just a quick one
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I was out into Yellowstone NP by 630am and had seen Black Bear, lots of Bison (and baby Bison), Elk (Red Deer to you and me) and some good birds (Hooded Merganser, Cinnamon Teal, Osprey) before breakfast. The bird list has passed 200 species – which is certainly not spectacular and illustrates the amount of…
Cute little critters
I doubt whether anyone gets on a plane to the USA because they want to see a small burrowing rodent. They might head for Yellowstone, as I am doing, hoping to see Grizzly Bears, Wolves and Moose – and, yes, I really hope I do see all of those. At the moment I really hope…