Archive for June, 2006

Midsummer’s Day

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

This morning in Forest Park I walked around the waterway between the skating rink and the Victorian footbridge but didn’t see or hear the Red-breasted Nuthatch. Because of a lunch engagement I had no time to retrace my steps when I left this afternoon.
I did have some luck, though, and was able to get some [...]

And I didn’t have the camera

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Morning
As I opened the garage door this morning I remembered that I didn’t have the camera, which I had planned to bring with me every day. No matter. Once I got to Forest Park, I was going to take the short way to the office. Ha! On the way in, I came face to face [...]

A weekend in the Ozarks, part II

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Although the plan had been to look for Swamp Metalmarks on Saturday afternoon and Prairie Warblers and Henslow’s Sparrows on Sunday, it didn’t work out that way. I see my family only a few times per year and like to spend time socializing with them when I’m in the Ozarks for visists that are always [...]

A weekend in the Ozarks, part I

Monday, June 12th, 2006

I drove down to Wright County on Saturday to visit family, float the Gasconade with my brother, and look for birds and butterflies on the farm.
Close encounter
Saturday was a beautiful day for a road trip, and the drive was, as usual, mostly uneventful. There was a bit of excitement, though, in Falcon when a [...]