Birding Escapes Blog Posts

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Black Series HQ17 Upgrade Usefulness Report

Introduction This past summer my wife and I embarked on a road trip like we have never done before. ...

Birding Barrow – Definitely Worth It

Barrow, Alaska (now officially called Utqiagvik) might well be the most unique and interesting place...

Birding British Columbia and the Yukon

Lewis’s Woodpecker, “Oh Canada”, what a great first bird to identify. This bird, which I had only...

Part 5 – From Condor to Cassia Crossbill

"I've been from Phoenix, Arizona all the Way to Tacoma..." This Steve Miller song parallels this...

Take a Chance on Birding Las Vegas

There is something about Las Vegas that attracts many birds to stop off or become resident when many...

Part 3 – Birding Southeast Arizona My Way

The next leg of the journey was one of the most anticipated parts of the entire trip. The sky...

Part 2 – The West Texas Birding Two-step

Christmas Mountain Oasis is Ground Zero for the Lucifer Hummingbird. For decades Carolyn Olm has...

Alaska, A Journey not a Destination

Months of planning and preparation was seamlessly executed before loading the Black Series HQ17...

Florida Scrub-jays to Piping Plovers

I have one more comment on Florida Scrub-jay. Why is it not the State Bird? Floridians should...