World Birds

These birds were photographed on the trips listed below; initials H, M, and UK indicate the place.


HAWAII (H)

June 10-17, 2007 and June 22-29, 2008. Family vacations renting houses on the beach in Haena, north shore of Kauai; snorkeling at Tunnels, being grandparents, etc.. I brought my 400 mm lens and a camera, photographed common local birds around our house and seabirds at Kilauea Lighthouse NWR.

January 3-10, 2011. A family vacation in a rental house on the beach in Puako on the Kohala shore of the Big Island, again with 400 mm lens and a camera, bird photographs taken near the house and on one trip up the mountain slope to Puu Anahulu.

MEXICO (M)

January 4-14, 2005. From 1/4-7 we stayed in La Paz on our own and I took bird photos along the Malecon there, an excellent spot for close approach to herons, shorebirds, gulls, and terns, with frigatebirds overhead. 1/8-14 we were on a Lindblad / National Geographic tour with about 60 companions, 1/8-10 in the Gulf of California aboard the Sea Bird, visiting Isla San Jose, Isla San Francisco, Los Islotes, Isla Partida, and the surrounding gulf waters. On 1/11 we were in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, where we had a very birdy late afternoon raft float on the El Fuerte River. On 1/12 we took the spectacular train ride to Copper Canyon, and stayed the following two nights at the Hotel Mirador on the canyon rim. I spent much the day on 1/13 taking pictures in the beautiful (and birdy) area around the hotel. Then it was on to Chihuahua on 1/14, and back home.

December 15-31, 2005. We rented a house in the center of La Paz for a family winter vacation. I did more bird photography along the Malecon, in our yard and the neighborhood around our house, and on trips along the shore of La Paz Bay and to Todos Santos.

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

December 19-31, 2009. We had a mid-winter London vacation that was mostly taken up with theater, museums, and like indoor activities. But I brought a camera and a 400 mm lens along, and almost every day I visited Clissold Park in Hackney, a short walk from the house we were borrowing in Islington. There was a surprising amount of bird activity, and I found plenty of sun to go along with a freeze that produced ice and snow. I was able to add eighteen species to my World List of photographed birds.

May 4-14, 2011. A spring trip to London was again mostly non-birding. Again I brought camera and a 400 mm lens, and as we were staying within walking distance from Regent's Park, I visited there several mornings to photograph the spring activities of nesting herons, courting Great Crested Grebes, and the like. I added two new species, and quite a few new pictures of species already on the list.