tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46988069859546505192011-10-03T09:23:45.683-04:00Laura Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08258586433604322889noreply@blogger.comBlogger1501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4698806985954650519.post-2506785748193031282011-03-23T08:59:00.000-04:002011-03-23T08:59:00.201-04:00

Today would normally have been a Wordless Wednesday, but it snowed this morning.  (I have no idea what the connection is, but there is.) So, what have I been up to?  Nothing.  Same thing as the last time.  My second quarter at Strayer is over and I earned 2 more As.  This quarter was extremely simple, at least for me.  I now have a 2 week spring break.  I'll be doing all the stuff that I haven't

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http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2011/02/going_deep_blaise_alexanders_d.html My cousin died 10 years ago in a NASCAR race.  Many things have changed since then.  I feel better knowing his death was not in vain.  Not a single NASCAR driver has died since. 

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So, this part of my New Year's Resolution isn't going so good, is it?  Had high aspirations of writing at least once a week, but can't seem to find the time.  For someone who at present is unemployed, I'm really rather busy with my days. Right now I'm going to school with Strayer University, trying to finish my Bachelor's degree in Accounting.  Yes, I have an Associate's degree, but employers

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Along the Seneca Lake Winetrail.

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I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!   Thank you for following my blog.  I have made a new year's resolution not to ignore the blog.  However, I need things to talk about first.  I promise to post at least once a month, if not more.  And I promise to carry my camera and binoculars with me more.   Although the blog is mostly about my birding adventures, it is also going to include my

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Today we celebrate the anniversary of the day in 1492 when people in the Bahamas discovered some lost Europeans wandering aimlessly on their shores.   Have a good day!

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Happy Birthday, Mom!!!

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...so lately there isn't even any chatter on this blog, let alone birding. Things have gotten a bit busy lately, since I got a part-time job for the summer. And I don't work a couple of days and then have days off. I work different days, different hours, different days off. So it's been hard to find the time to do anything. Even the laundry doesn't get done until I'm finally out of clothes.

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Did you plant a tree? Did you see a bird? Did you BREATHE?

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...where was I. I really don't remember what I've been talking about since it's been such a long time. So, I'll just start where I am now. Currently, I am living in Kulpmont, PA. I'm not completely happy with this decision, but the decision had to made before last winter or we would have had to move back to Florida for the winter and that wasn't going to help the job situation. Bill has taken

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Happy 6th Birthday to my little chica!

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An update is coming soon. I am working on it. I am trying to put a timeline to what's been happening and what's coming up. Check back soon! Happy Birding!

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Just want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! May peace, health, and happiness reign in your lives. And may all your birds be lifers!!!

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Taken from my side porch. No more pictures. I promise. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! And may your next bird be a lifer!

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Don't know exactly what this is, but it's cool and staying. The 2-story garage which I simply refuse to enter. This fence runs down the side of the lot that used to be another house. It's old and neat and also staying. The foundation of what used to be another house on the corner. Taking it out would probably cause the whole sidewalk to cave in. This is where the RV is now. We're going to

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It's not much, but it will work for us for a while. We do have furniture in it now, but there are so many boxes and stuff just laying around, I can't get a good picture. When all the unpacking is done, I'll take more. The stove was the first thing to go. Couldn't fit my cookie sheets in it.

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Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday and send a wish for a prosperous and healthy New Year!

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Hello all! Just wanted to let you all know that the house has been purchased, the moving in has begun, and chaos reigns supreme! I do have pictures of the house that I took before it got all buggery out. As soon as I find the cord that connects the camera to the computer I'll post them. If you need the address and/or phone number, just let me know and I'll email them to you (I don't want to

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So, November seems to be a big month for birthdays in my family. Not that I know. We had a birthday party for my Aunt Judy yesterday. She turned 60. She's the youngest in the group of them. And today is my cousin Dorothy's birthday. Happy Birthday, Dottie!! Don't know who else is this month, but I take it there's a couple of them. And September seems to be the birthday of the rest of them

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Tomorrow (Halloween) is Eugene's 4th birthday! We think. Close enough. We had a birthday party at grandma and grandpa's today. He had a whole cupcake to himself. After the complete sugar high, he is crashed on the sofa. See previous post picture. He looks just like that, but without the blanket. I would have taken a picture, but it would have been redundant. So, anywhoo. They grow up so

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Bill and I bought a house! It's in Kulpmont, so my nightmares have come true. But at least we'll have someplace warm and dry to live in this winter. I opted for moving to the warmer south, but nooooo....we have to stay here. Still looking for jobs. Apparently experience counts for nothing here, but a piece of paper from any old college and no experience at all will get you a job. Will post

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If you see my mom today, wish her a Happy Birthday!

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Baseball bats. Little League baseball bats to be exact. This past week, Bill and I took in a couple of games of the Little League World Series in Williamsport. Since we're not that far from the stadium complex, I think we'll be making this a yearly thing. We saw 2 games, 1 at Volunteer Stadium, and 1 at Lamade Stadium. Game 1 was Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico. (C-T is in the teal blue uniforms,

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On Monday, Bill and I move from here to here. I think this means that we're looking to settle in Bloomsburg. Not a bad place, I guess. Not Anchorage, but not bad.

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Ever seen "The Office"? Then you'll recognize the sign.

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On July 18th, Bill and I went to our first Brew Fest. It was the Hops, Vines, and Wines in Selinsgrove, PA. 29 breweries, 4 wineries, good food, great music, and 1200 people drinking until they floated. It was great!!

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Birding here in Pennsylvania seems to have slowed a bit. Lots of baby robins, and what seems to be millions of baby Grackles. They are fun to watch. Nothing is more entertaining than watching a juvenile Robin try to pull a great big earthworm out of the ground. It's like watching a game of tug-of-war! This week I've only seen 2 new birds here. A Brown Thrasher and a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Both

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Happy Bastille Day!!!

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Forgot to post these pictures. On June 21, Kulpmont had a car cruise. It was pretty neat. There were old cars, and new cars. The muscle cars were the coolest, especially the ones from the 70s. The real muscle cars. There were a few new ones too. And some pickups with the big tires. Anyone could participate. They went from one end of town, turned around, and went back. Just like cruisin'.

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After spending the holiday weekend with the in-laws, we are settling in at our new "home," the Pocono Vacation Park in Stroudsburg. Not a bad place. Not many trees for shade, but it's off the main roads and somewhat quiet. Nice. There is a nice grassy area behind us for the dogs. They aren't supposed to be off their leashes, but that's never stopped us before. :o) I have some pictures of

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Happy Independence Day!!!

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So, let me just say...it's raining again. However, it's been nice all week. The rain has actually cooled the temperature down. 'Nough said. Added 2 more birds to my Pennsylvania list, an Indigo Bunting and a Red-Tailed Hawk. Both were found on the back farm roads not far from our campground. No lifers though. We leave Elysburg on Wednesday. We'll be headed to Hawley and the in-laws for the

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Rain. Rain. Rain. I hate this part of the country.

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Yesterday, Bill and I went to Hawk Mountain . They had an Arts Auto Tour around the area. We took a hike to the North Lookout to see what we could find and besides the 3 Turkey Vultures, I found a lifer! A Black-throated Blue Warbler! What a beautiful bird. I also saw a Black and White Warbler and a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher. 3 birds added to the PA list, 1 to the life list. On my way to 400!!

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I put up 2 bird feeders to see what is around the campground. Damn Squirrels! Yes, it's hanging upside down enjoying the sunflower seeds. Belted Kingfisher flew down the creek yesterday. Another PA bird. Just need to find some lifers. Feeling rather sassy because I know all the birds around here.

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It's rained all week. It's cloudy and humid during the day and then rains like crazy at night. We've even had a thunderstorm or two. The poor dogs haven't been able to get to Grandma's house to play in the yard all week. We're going to need to build an ark soon. It's just plain dreary. Added an American Kestral to my Pennsylvania bird list. It was sitting on a fence post looking like it

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I am now on Twitter. Find me here: Ocdbirder

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We've been here at this campground (it is a campground, NOT an rv park or resort), for a tad over 2 weeks and the birding has been good. I even got one lifer, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The coolest bird that I've seen so far was an Osprey that flew around the campground and tried his hand at fishing in one of the ponds. didn't get to see if it got anything out of the pond, but it probably did.

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The view from our place these days. This is Roaring Creek and it runs directly behind the RV.

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Approximately 18,000 miles, 25 states, and 3 countries later, we've made it to Pennsylvania. We're currently settled in at our campground in Elysburg. We made it here a week ago and finally settled in, except the laundry still isn't done due to the fact that it has RAINED almost every day since we got here. Yesterday was a nice day, and this morning is looking good. I've started my job search,

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This is the only picture I have. I did have the mind to take a picture with my camera at one point. This is Bill Anderson, for those who know their Classic Country artists. The show we went to was on the radio! It's on WSM 650 in Nashville. You can listen to the show online or on Sirius satellite radio. It was in 4 half hour sections, with commercials in between. The first part was

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We went to the Grand Ole Opry and I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!!!!!!!!! More later...

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Birders will get it.....

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Like I said earlier, jumpsuits. However, as time went on, they became jumpsuits with big belts and capes. The earlier ones Elvis wore were just the suits. The racquetball court. The meditation garden. Elvis, his mom, his dad, and his grandmother are buried in the meditation garden. There is a marker for his twin brother, but his brother is buried in Tupelo. The current residents of

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The living room with the music room beyond. The dining room. The blue drapes and white carpet run throughout the entrance of the house. I actually like it. It's not pretentious. Classy. Part of the jungle room. My pictures didn't come out very good because you couldn't use a flash and the room is rather dark. The green shag carpeting is not only on the floor, but it is on the ceiling as

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The backyard The family room, aka the Jungle room, which was at one time a patio, but was closed in by Elvis to create the family room The horse pasture. Yep, horses at Graceland. There are at least 2 there now. They were frolicking in the front yard when we were there. The back of the house. The pool. The whole place is not as big as you would think. It may have been enormous when it

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Guess! We're down at the end of... Behind the... At the RV park on... Across the street from... Got it yet? Yep. We're at GRACELAND!!!

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Driving through White Sands. Like driving through snow. They even use a grader to clean up the drifts. Las Cruces from our RV park. One of the inspection stations along the highways. They just ask where you've been, where you're going and what you're citizenship is.

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The flat, brown, dry landscape outside Carlsbad Then you start going up into the mountains. Not only did the trees change, but there is a ski area outside Alomagordo. Next you go through a canyon, which includes a tunnel through the mountain. At one point you get to see the White Sands National Monument. It sticks out like a sore thumb being white in a sea of brown.

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Hello all! I need to really update you on where we are and where we've been since Bill doesn't seem to want to share all his pictures with you. When we left Texas, we headed back to New Mexico, only this time we took the Southern route. Our first stop was Carlsbad and the Carlsbad Caverns. It was really cool to walk through the cave. It's something like 750 feet down, and about 2 miles total

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We started our trip in September. As of today, we've been through 25 states, and now... 3 countries!! This picture is just because Eugene is such a cutie!

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Remember this sign? Yeah. Not so much...

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After leaving Florida and points along the Gulf Coast, we headed to Texas. We spent a few days in San Antonio. I already posted some pictures of the River Walk and the Alamo. I actually thought the Alamo was a monument for a battle won, not a battle lost. Oh well. We had a good time. The Riverwalk is a really neat place. It's mostly hotels and restaurants and so crowded with people you can

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San Antonio, TX Riverwalk and the Alamo

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My little girl is 5 today!

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Whooping Crane!!! Thanks to my good friend Bron for making sure that we got on the Skimmer so we saw them before they left for the summer.

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Houston from the Interstate. As we were passing through. (Ignore the dirty windshield). Next up: The Alamo and San Antonio Riverwalk.

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Don't they have the most beautiful plumes? No wonder they were hunted to near extinction for their feathers. A mated pair. Can you see the blue egg? Turtles on a log. (What else can you say about turtles on a log?) But what do you do when they REALLY want your lunch? And if YOU'RE the lunch, does that count as feeding them?

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We spent a couple of days in Lafayette, Louisiana. Not really sure why we chose there, except that they have a KOA. But we did have a good time. The first thing we did was go to Avery Island. If you don't know anything about Avery Island, you don't use Tabasco Sauce. Avery Island is where they bottle Tabasco. The only place in the world where Tabasco is bottled. The peppers are grown all

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Ever have a bad case of claustrophobia? If not, and you'd like one, take a trip through the USS Drum, a submarine next to the USS Alabama in Mobile. You have to be small, thin, and crazy to have worked on one of these things. And I had the joy of knowing that I was above water. I can't imagine what it would have been like while in the middle of the ocean, under water, with no way out.

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The USS Alabama

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Sorry, these aren't in order. I keep forgetting that they come in backwards. Coming out of the tunnel that goes under downtown Mobile. Going into the tunnel. I couldn't get any pictures in the tunnel. The flash kept reflecting off the windshield. These were taken from the bridge over the bay while heading into Mobile. Mobile is a really neat city. It is definitely worth another trip.

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This guy (or gal) along with a Great Blue Heron were seen begging from the campers at the KOA in St. Petersburg. Nothing like an Egret begging for dinner at your site. Not something you see every day in Alaska.

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Birds from the Ding Darling NWA: Snowy Egret Roseate Spoonbills. Trust me, they're there. White Ibis Little Blue Heron White Pelicans List: Brown Pelican Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Bald Eagle Pied-Bill Grebe Great Blue Heron Little Blue Heron Double-Crested Cormorant Snowy Egret Tri-Colored Heron Laughing Gull Osprey White Pelican Red-Breasted Merganser Red-Shouldered Hawk Herring Gull

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So, after Titusville and the Space Coast Birding Festival, we traveled across the state and headed South to Fort Myers. Not having been to Florida before, we really didn't know what to expect and where the best places to go would be. I'm not sure Fort Myers in the winter is one of those places that I'd go to again. It is full of retirement trailer parks. The RV resort we stayed at was like

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Hello all! Yes, I know. I've been remiss in my postings. But the weather has been nice and sunny and warm and the last thing I wanted to do was sit in front of my computer. I didn't even check my email daily. So, today, we're in Lillian, Alabama, which is right over the border from Pensacola, Florida. (Technically, we're in Pensacola. Still in Florida.) We left Fort Myers and headed to St.

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Not a Burrowing Owl. A Loggerhead Shrike.

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For those of you who wonder what has happened to me, the answer is heat. Lots of heat. Good heat. Heat with sun and sand and surf. And I like it!!! So, quite frankly, I simply don't have the time to blog. (OK, maybe I do, but I don't feel like taking my computer to the beach with me.) First up, we're in Fort Myers, Florida. We're in an RV resort full of people over the age of 65. We're

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So, the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is over and Bill and I are now in Ft. Myers for the month of February. I have a great time there, learning more and more about these Eastern birds that I grew up with. You'd think I'd never saw a bird before. It's been a bit frustrating at times, but otherwise I didn't do a bad job. The one really cool bird that was there was a Crested

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Here are some of the first pictures from the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. I have been taking some of the seminars on Sparrows, Warblers, and Gull ID, so hopefully these will be labeled correctly. If not, feel free to correct me. Glossy Ibis Florida Scrub Jay and Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing Caspian Tern Anhinga Disclaimer: All images are copyright of W T Kluge, photographer

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I'm actually having a great time here at the festival. Been racking up the birds. I'll list them for you at the end of the festival just in case I find more new ones. In the meantime, here is the website for the festival: Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival One of the seminars we went to this week was about the Florida Birding Trail. This is a really good site to find birds all over

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I have discovered the answer to the age old question: Where DO robins go in the the winter? Why, they go to Florida, of course! Flocks of them. Along with woodpeckers of all kinds, Tree Swallows, and every person over the age of 70, whether from the US or Canada. So, the next time someone asks you where Robins go in the winter, you can tell them! They're all snowbirds!!!!

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Castillo de San Marco The original City Gate. Used for protection from the French. St.Augustine is really nice, but is another victim of tourism. The best way to see the city is by the trolleys that take you on a tour. At a cost of $21/person. And they want to raise the price. You have to pay to see everything here. The Castillo, the Oldest Schoolhouse, any museum and even the

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Three new birds in St. Augustine: Eurasian-Collared Dove, White Ibis, and a Palm Warbler(rather proud of myself with the IDing this one). Also saw a Green Heron this morning, but not a new bird for me. Bill got pictures of the Heron and Anhinga. As soon as I can get them off of him, I'll post them. 321 Life Birds!!!

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Good food and great drinks. A fun place to go... The view from our campsite at Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort, SC St. Augustine, FL. Ponce de Leon, the dude who discovered Florida.

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We're on our way once more. We left Pennsylvania on January 3rd and made it to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on the 4th. Myrtle Beach is OK. I think the best thing about it was Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville Restaurant. And the beach. It really wasn't beach weather, but we went to the beach with the dogs every day. From there, we headed south to Beaufort and Hunting Island State Park. The

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So far, just a flock of house sparrows, a bunch of pigeons, and this guy. We leave for Florida in 2 days. It's cold and windy here and everybody's sticking close to the roost. Florida should be better.

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Happy New Year! May you all have a wonderful, happy, and successful 2009! May your next bird be a lifer!!

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New York City on December 30, 2008

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Merry Christmas to everyone out there!

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This week we are in New Jersey. And the weather sucks. It snowed on Friday, then it turned to rain, then it turned to sleet. Woke up Saturday to an RV encased in ice. Fun. We're at Bill's sister's house in Glen Gardner and as of right now, we may not be able to leave until Spring. Today is Sunday. Yesterday it really didn't do anything precipitation wise, but early this morning it started

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Here are pictures from the Bosque Del Apache NWR where the Festival of the Cranes was held in November. Check out Bill's blog for better pictures. I'll add more when I get a chance. Bird List: Snow Goose (duh!) Sandhill Crane (would have been a wasted trip without seeing at least one of these), Canada Goose American Crow American Widgeon Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Northern Harrier

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The first thing we did on our way out of Flagstaff is stop at the Meteor Crater. Neither of us had heard about this until Cheryl's husband Michael said that we really needed to see it. And he was right. Thank you Michael! Meteor crater is just that. A meteor had at one time, million of years ago, hit Arizona and left this large crater. It was really neat to take the tour and learn all about

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So, while we were in Flagstaff, Arizona (the place where it snowed on us), we took a side trip to Sunset Crater. This is a volcanic crater. You never really think of Arizona as being volcanic in nature, but there are a lot of volcanoes there. The mountains that surround the area are actually volcanoes. Pretty cool place. There are lava flows the cross the road and then there is one place

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We surprised everyone by making it to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. We first stopped at Peggy's (Bill's sister) and completely surprised all of them. Then we drove to my mom and dad's and they weren't expecting us. Especially since the day before we told them we were still in Arkansas. I promise I will update everyone on what's been going on the last 2 weeks. I especially need to list the

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Just a quick check in to let you know that I haven't forgotten the blog. We spent a really great week in Socorro, New Mexico at the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge during the Festival of the Cranes. Never did see the Sungrebe. But I did get a few new birds. Right now, we're on the road traveling East. Don't know when we'll actually reach our destination, but when we do, I'll update you on

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