Headlines

Marvelous Magee

Before I get into how marvelous Magee Marsh is, allow me to share some birding on the way north, at Pilot Mountain State Park (NC) and Salt Fork State Park in Ohio. Pilot Mountain State Park We arrivedĀ at Pilot Mt. State Park late afternoon. Birds were relatively quiet around the parking area. It was a…

Read More

Making the Best of It

(It is July 29, and I just now realized this never got posted back in June – welcome to the COVID Zone) We are making the best of it during these tumultuous times. I don’t want to use WPWB as a place to discuss topics outside of wild places or wild birds but these are…

Read More

Bog Walk – Signs of Spring and a Shadowy Sora

Winds from the south, finally. Over the past month, I have become a wind watcher. It seems to me that many birds have been struggling to get up into the Upper Peninsula due to almost constant northerly winds. But at the same time, the foliage is not out much, and the insects that many warblers…

Read More

Chasing Warblers and other wild things

Heading north….      After some solo trips, and a few overnighters together, this trip would be our first multi-day multi-campsite adventure.  As we continue learning about teardrop camping, we continue to make small adjustments and improvements. On this trip, we developed a better food plan, managed our refrigeration better,  and agreed our bedding needed upgrading….

Read More