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Monthly Archives: January 2016
The Oregon Militia Affair
1/27/16 What are we to make of this crazy shit? Well … for starters, this “occupation” would never have been attempted had the government arrested Cliven Bundy (the father of the Oregon ringleader Ammon Bundy) and supporters for their armed … Continue reading
Posted in Politics/Economics
Tagged BLM, Bundys, Koch brothers, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge oregon, public land
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Ducks, Rio Grande del Norte NM, New Mexico
Yesterday, Jan. 15, 2016 (although my watermarks incorrectly state 2015), I made my first visit of the winter to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument stretch of the Rio Grande, also known as the Orilla Verde (“Green Banks”) stretch. On the … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Photography
Tagged Birding, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
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River Safety for Magnificent 7, Sept. 2015
In Sept. of this last year, New Wave Rafting Co. provided river safety services for the remake of the film “The Magnificent Seven”, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The location was the Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam, a spot … Continue reading
Peru, Lima 11/5-6/15
We had spent no time in Lima upon our arrival. Now, we were going to spend the night in Miraflores, the nicest district of the city. We had made reservations for the Hotel Antigua, and this is the reason why: … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Peru, Photography
Tagged Antonio cisneros, antonio raimondi, Brugmansia, gladiola, hotel angtigua miraflores peru, john f kennedy park miraflores peru, lima peru, long-tailed mockingbird, Miraflores peru, ovalo bolognesi miraflores peru, park of love miraflores peru, peruvian trumpet, pisco, rosa nautica miraflores peru, vermilion flycatcher
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Peru, PumaRinri Lodge 11/3-5/15
We drove to Tarapoto, and then about a half-hour further east, to the PumaRinri Lodge (#8 on map below), elevation 804′. The lodge sits on a steep hillside above the Huallaga River. Now we were in the real Amazon lowland rainforest … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Peru, Photography
Tagged butterfly, cashapona tree, chestnut-eared aracari, coca, Fork-tailed Woodnymph hummingbird, Gray-breasted Saberwing hummingbird, heliconia, hoatzin, lizard, masked tityra, morpho butterfly, narcoeconomy, narcotrafficking, palm tanager, philodendron, poison dart frogs, red-capped cardinal, Rio Huallaga peru, Rio Mayo peru, ruddy ground dove, social flycatcher, tarapoto peru, thatch, tilapia, yellow-headed caracara
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Peru, Moyobamba 11/2-3/15
Moyobamba (#7 on map below), at an elevation of 2877′, is called the Orchid Capital of Peru, and Waqanki Orchid Gardens is the place to go when there. Waqanki also has hummingbird feeders and hummingbirds. As though by design, Waqanki is … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Peru, Photography
Tagged blue-gray tanager, casa de seizo, cornell lab of ornithology, flowers, Fork-tailed Woodnymph hummingbird, Golden-tailed Sapphire hummingbird, Gray-breasted Saberwing hummingbird, magpie tanager, Many-spotted hummingbird, Moyobamba peru, orchid, oropendola, pale-legger hornero, PumaRinri Lodge peru, Rufous-crested Coquette hummingbird, sam mateo banos termales, social flycatcher, speckled chachalaca, tarapoto peru, tilapia, white-necked jacobin hummingbird
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