With absolutely NOTHING doing locally we once again reach for the archive and take you on an odyssey across a number of trips to North America also including a few of Caribbean nations over a period of years starting in
Central Park - New York City with my then lady friend Sue
where, according to their Bird line, both this
where, according to their Bird line, both this
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
(chatting up the local Plod)
and
and
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
had been in residence for a number of weeks and on the same extensive trip
had been in residence for a number of weeks and on the same extensive trip
MACGILLVRAY'S WARBLER
Yosemite National Park
was a bird we had never even heard of let alone seen
and denied of its existance there by the Ranger when shown the images to aid ID!
Days later in Stanley Park, Vancouver a lady jogger alerted us to the presence of a fine looking
BALD EAGLE
then finding our own
RACOON
before more mammals such as
AMERICAN BISON
and
WOLVERINE
across the full length of the
and
PURPLE FINCH - Burwash Landing
Days later in Stanley Park, Vancouver a lady jogger alerted us to the presence of a fine looking
then finding our own
before more mammals such as
and
across the full length of the
On other trips as the endemic name suggests
CUBAN TODY
but even after a second visit still no sign of the smallest bird in the World
Bee Hummingbird but did catch up with the second smallest
VERVAIN HUMMINGBIRD
across both contries of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) with the 'borrowed' image above
being far more representative than our own sorry effort - but they all count!
2 widespread Warblers that are surely on most 'birders' Top Ten List are the outrageously marked
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
along with
BLACK and WHITE WARBLER
both seen to best effect in the parks and gardens of
Kingston, Jamaica while my 'Birding Pal' (a fine website and organisation) was well rewarded for finding this fine, fine endemic on the island of the same name
GUADELOUPE WOODPECKER
WESTERN TANAGER
was also seen there and elsewhere but it was our final species that caused the headache in
Death Valley, California, Distinctive enough it took a full 15 minutes for the penny to drop and
ROADRUNNER
to dawn on me, maybe an attendant
COYOTE
might have helped?
but even after a second visit still no sign of the smallest bird in the World
Bee Hummingbird but did catch up with the second smallest
across both contries of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) with the 'borrowed' image above
2 widespread Warblers that are surely on most 'birders' Top Ten List are the outrageously marked
along with
Kingston, Jamaica while my 'Birding Pal' (a fine website and organisation) was well rewarded for finding this fine, fine endemic on the island of the same name
was also seen there and elsewhere but it was our final species that caused the headache in
Death Valley, California, Distinctive enough it took a full 15 minutes for the penny to drop and
to dawn on me, maybe an attendant
might have helped?
Rock 'n' Roll Trivia
Dennis Eugene McCrohan, also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf and later to feature as music for the classic film Easy Rider.
The band was named after the novel Der Steppenwolf by German author Hermann Hesse, who was born in the Black Forest town of Calw, which is Germanic for Coyote.
