We crossed back into the U.S. on Sept. 3, in Montana, with one month before we were due in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We first visited Glacier National Park (NP), an old favorite, but it was disappointing as Manyglacier had far fewer mammals than last time we were there (October, 2001), and was much more crowded, […]
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North to the Border
Having finished our loop back through southern California for wildflower displays, we started heading north on April 8, with a goal of crossing into Canada on May 5, when we had a ferry reservation from Port Angeles, WA to Vancouver Island, BC. We spent our first night in Morgan Hill with Rob, Tam, and Sierra […]
New England
Leaving the James Bay region in mid-August, we stopped for the night in Ashuapmushuan Provincial Park, southeast of Chibougamau, Quebec. We expected to head out first thing in the morning, but discovered that, despite the remoteness, we had a good cell signal, enabling us to catch up on a number of tasks that had piled […]
Songbird Migration
April and May are the months when the bulk of migratory songbirds make their way north to their breeding grounds. Most of these songbirds migrate in fall to areas south of the U.S., but some principally Canadian and/or montane breeders commonly winter in southern Florida in good numbers, such as Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Our […]