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Living in Northern California offers nature lovers many opportunities to view wildlife in their native habitat. Living near the Sacramento River and its many lakes and tributaries makes it even more likely to see the incredible fish hawk or sea eagle we call the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). Click on photos for full sized images. Osprey [...]

“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 [...]

Every year, hope springs eternal that Seattle’s NFL football team might finally make it deep into the playoffs, perchance even win a Super Bowl. I’ll share my incredibly accurate prediction regarding the team’s likelihood of clinching the championship below, but first let’s get down to the question that probably brought you here: “What kind of [...]