We jumped right in to life in southern Scotland. During August, every town and region holds an agricultural show and a town fair. We went to the Stewartry (historically, a region within what is now Dumfries and Galloway) show, and watched animal judging A woman I spoke to said “Are you here for the congress?”Continue reading “The Stewartry Show”
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Plants and Animals, the Royal Botanical Garden and the Edinburgh Zoo
Two days of sunny weather let us take advantage of the natural world in Edinburgh, the Royal Botanical Garden, and the Edinburgh zoo. Both have their high points. The Botanical Garden is very large and has many different gardens, though I misread Scottish Heath Garden as Scottish Heather Garden, and was mildly disappointed until IContinue reading “Plants and Animals, the Royal Botanical Garden and the Edinburgh Zoo”
Barbary Macaques in Ifrane, a biologist might tear his/her hair
We all love monkeys because they remind us of ourselves. Who wouldn’t want to visit a group distinctive for living in the mountains of Morocco and Algeria, along with a colony in Gibraltar that makes the news now and then? (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/11/gibraltar-barbary-macaques-deported-scottish-safari-park-blair-drummond) It is easy to see the groups that live in the Ifrane National ParkContinue reading “Barbary Macaques in Ifrane, a biologist might tear his/her hair”
The World Beyond the Trees
All summer we’ve walked on the California Coastal Trail (CCT) and related paths that run along the coast. At Jughandle State Park, I followed a trail away from the bluffs toward a cluster of pine trees where I thought there might be some woodpeckers, but the trail was actually a deer track and gradually narrowedContinue reading “The World Beyond the Trees”
Low tide beachcombing extrav, 8/6/15
I somehow skipped over the most recent low tide beachcombing. The tide is not particularly low but it is fun to go out and walk along the tide line and see what’s there. We began at Jughandle State Park, walking along the rocks, and ended up on the beaches there. Low tide was around 10:20Continue reading “Low tide beachcombing extrav, 8/6/15”
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park and other places, July 22, 2015
We set off to go into the wilderness, the Sinkyone (Sinky-own) State Park. The park has a herd of elk that hikers often see. After choosing a possible hiking route, we packed our lunch and set off. Not too far before the turnoff for the park we came up to a field and found peopleContinue reading “Sinkyone Wilderness State Park and other places, July 22, 2015”
Another beautiful day, July 19, 2015
More search for fish yielded beautiful scenery. Doesn’t this look like the Caribbean? Fishing boats roamed the water beyond this arch. Despite all the company, we didn’t land any fish. Harbor seals lounged on the rocks until the tide rose and pushed them off, then they flopped and rolled and skooched onto a slightly higherContinue reading “Another beautiful day, July 19, 2015”
Wildlife
We’ve seen some wonderful creatures. Beautiful ones like a pale swallowtail butterfly: On 7.11.15 we added an anise swallowtail butterfly: Some are not so lovely but just as interesting. We had seen harbor seals at Russian Gulch: and just recently we saw California sea lions at Caspar Headlands. They are even bigger than harbor seals,Continue reading “Wildlife”
Where to see wildlife in the Rockies
By the end of our visit to the cabin in Bailey, CO we had seen a remarkable list of birds and animals. We’d been on a hike in the nearby Pike National Forest, visited a quarry to hunt for amazonite crystals and eaten everything from elk to quail. What we discovered is that the bestContinue reading “Where to see wildlife in the Rockies”
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