by simpleDesigns | Dec 13, 2020 | Birding, Personal, Photography, Travel
I’ve been kicking around the idea of reviving our family blog. From 2006-2014, I posted a lot of pictures, random thoughts, cycling adventures, etc. Lately, in the time of Covid, we walk quite a bit especially around the lake behind our home. I used to really...
by simpleDesigns | Aug 2, 2016 | Birding, Travel
Birding Cuba, April 2016 by David Bredehoft from Ben Wilson on Vimeo. Birding Cuba, April 2016 by David Bredehoft. Spring Migration Cuba Bird Survey: Cuba’s Western Mountains, Zapata Peninsula, Northern Archipelago, Escambray Valley and Havana in April 2016 Trip...
by simpleDesigns | May 8, 2016 | Personal, Travel
It was great fun to see the variety of older cars still running on the island. Most are no longer running with original motors and parts, but still fun to see. A real treat. [envira-gallery slug=”cars-of-cuba”]
by simpleDesigns | Apr 30, 2016 | Birding, Travel
The thick-billed vireo is a small songbird. It breeds in the West Indies in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Tortuga Island in Haiti and on cays off the coast of Cuba. We found this bird on Cayo Paredón Grande. [envira-gallery...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 28, 2016 | Birding, Travel
Cuban Endemics The main purpose of our trip to Cuba was to find and identify the endemic birds on the island of Cuba and outlying Cays. Endemic is defined as ” native or restricted to a certain country or area”. Our group saw 24 of the 26 possibilities....
