November, 2024 - the western edge of Hudson Bay. These magnificent bears, with their large teeth and plate-sized paws sporting long, black claws, will rip you to shreds if you let them. And yet, during these months while the ice is beginning to form, they are more gentle than one can imagine. They are funny … Continue reading The Polar Bears of Churchill, Manitoba
October 3, 2024 - - It is that time of year when the smallest, most beautiful birds move through and fly from Canada and the Northern United States all the way down to Central and South America for the winter. Each spring and fall, they brave many dangers (including wind, storms, pesticides and even city … Continue reading Discover North America’s Colorful Warblers
Botswana, Africa - In 2015, National Geographic filmed scientists and researchers who spent over four months tracking the source of the Okavango Delta, one of the largest wetland areas in the world. It led them up to the Cubango and Cuito rivers and, ultimately, to the highlands of Angola in the north which revealed small … Continue reading The Okavango Delta – Waters of Emerald, Sapphire and Sand.
The Savuti Region of Botswana is situated between the Chobe River and the Okavango Delta in Southern Africa. It is the end of the dry season and all of the water holes are empty. As our group flies over the Western portion of Chobe National Park, I look out the window of our small puddle … Continue reading Ghoha Hills & Savuti Marsh, Botswana
Located nine nautical miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Block Island stands firm as one of the most beautiful islands in New England. This was my fifth trip with Mass Audubon's travel program and my first time ever visiting Block Island. As the Travel and Certificate Program Manager, Scott Santino oversees this Mass Audubon … Continue reading Block Island – Island of the Great Spirit
The Ibises skulk around in the grass and the Snowy Egrets remain in plain sight. Spying some Snowies in the marsh, I park illegally and run across the road. At the marsh in Rye, New Hampshire, I observe them for over an hour in all their feathery splendor. There are seven of them, fishing for … Continue reading Egrets & Ibis on the New Hampshire Seacoast
A birding weekend with Mass Audubon reveals unique and beautiful birds at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, where they also do bird banding. Along the way, we discover some large and endangered whales, make new birding friends and visit popular Cape Cod eateries... One of our first birds is *** a Northern Flicker We spot 3 … Continue reading Whales & Wildlife on Cape Cod
As I pull into the lengthy, snow-covered driveway in Jefferson, New Hampshire, David Govatski fills the suet feeder that hangs from the edge of the forest-lined path next to his home. He greets me and explains that visitors have been coming to his house almost everyday as of late to see the Evening Grosbeaks. Every … Continue reading The Evening Grosbeaks
A lot of cool birds fly through Cape May, New Jersey during migration in late September. From Vermont, it takes us almost eight hours to drive to Cape May and as we enter this historic resort town, a welcome center stands off to the right next to the highway. This is "Exit 0" off of … Continue reading The Birds of Cape May, Delaware and Maryland
The blueberry barrens of Columbia, Maine stretch out far and wide, and cover the land like a carpet. The area hosts a variety of inland bird species such as the Upland Sandpiper and Vesper Sparrow. The land is now owned by Wyman's, and is anything but barren. According to the company website, the blueberry fields … Continue reading Birds, Blueberries and the Bold Coast
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