Everyone having been forewarned by the miracle of electronic mail, only the avidest, or at least the most reckless, of Avids showed up for the pre-dawn briefing on 26 August, for we had announced a trip to Conneaut, the all-but-Pennsylvania destination, reaching which takes as much time as an eleven-inning baseball game or a triple […]
Avids Visit the Planet Conneaut: 26 August, 2000 Read More »
Due to the lack of shorebird habitat in the state this year, the Avids decided to abbreviate what would normally be a very long day. Instead of driving outrageous distances in an effort to stare at mud and muck, they ventured slightly north to Killdeer Plains WA and Big Island WA. Unfortunately, I was unable
It was no problem making her out in the dim light of the saloon. She was a deep-dish redhead with a figure that just wouldn’t quit, and she left a trail of interrupted conversations and distracted looks behind her. When she passed my barstool, she focused on me for a second, then looked away, smiling
Date Time Destination Sat., April 29, 2000 5:30 AM Southern Ohio for spring migrants. Sat., June 3, 2000 5:30 AM Southern Ohio breeding residents. Probably Shawnee SF and Crown City WA. Sat., July 22, 2000 5:30 AM Northern Ohio migrant shorebirds. Sat., August 26, 2000 5:30 AM Northern Ohio migrant shorebirds. Sat., September 9, 2000
Under other trips of late, which featured various trepidations, intrigues, and exertions, this one was a spring idyl. Eighteen of us went against migration’s grain to start our morning in Shawnee SF in Scioto and Adams counties. The creeks were gurgling, the sun was warm, and flowers–dogwood, wild iris, wood geranium, phlox, fire pink, bergamot,
Twelve of us pounded pavement 200 miles northeast to Conneaut in hopes of seeing a black-headed gull that had disported itself there daily for the preceding week. It was unaccustomedly bright and warm in the harbor, and only a long and ragged line of attentive birders on the pier persuaded us we’d finally reached the
