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“Self,” I said to myself, “it is Thursday. You have used up all your New York blogging material. You need something to write about.” “Well, self,” I replied, “it would probably help if you took your nose of your book and went outside.” This seemed sensible, so I did. A cold front had passed over [...]

The Seattle Seahawks are, of course, a professional (American) football team, known as much for the inability to win it all as for anything else.  Their one Super Bowl appearance, in Super Bowl XL, ended in a 21-10 drubbing by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fortunately for Seattleites there is another kind of seahawk that can be [...]

Birding at Viera Wetlands near Titusville, Florida, while speaking at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January. My old friend, the osprey, took five to preen atop a snag. I quickly set up my Leica scope and camera to capture a few shots. I was bemused by a photographer with a very long [...]

I wish I could have taken the week off for the holiday, but though they don’t seem like it, Corey, Mike and Charlie are slave-drivers, working us poor beat writers to the bone in their content factory.  Worse, it’s non-union.  I never though Corey, of all people, would sink so low. Anyway, here’s a short [...]

Now that Seattle’s football team is an NFL powerhouse, I’m getting a slew of inquiries asking, “What kind of bird is a seahawk?” Good question, sports fans! Seahawk is but one of many nicknames for the awesome Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). This large, long-winged bird of prey cuts a striking figure, dark chocolate brown above and [...]