by simpleDesigns | Feb 13, 2009 | Birding, Photography, Travel
Today, I’m back on the road to a bird festival in northern Minnesota. Temps are predicted to be about 2-20 degrees for the weekend and I’ll be using a small camper for sleeping and hoping to see my first Great Gray Owl. If I freeze to death in Meadowlands, MN, Tina...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 12, 2009 | Birding, Photography, Travel
“Jacamars are long-billed birds that sally for flying insects (moths, butterflies) and then usually return to their initial perches, upon which they beat their prey before consuming it. “ Birds of Peru. I was able to photograph two different species…. The White-eyed...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 12, 2009 | Birding, Photography, Travel
When I first started planning to travel to “the jungle” to see birds, I had images of parrots, parakeets and toucans in my head. They seemed to represent the jungle and I wanted to get a couple of good images. Here are several of these birds. The first is one of the...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 5, 2009 | Birding, Photography, Travel
Much of our trip to Peru was spent looking for very small birds in the jungle/forest. Most days, we loaded into 20’ skiffs and patrolled the back waters of the Amazon river with binoculars at the ready. Each boat had 3 professional guides equipped with IPods and...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 4, 2009 | Birding, Photography, Travel
Tina and I are back from an awesome week in the Peruvian/Amazon rainforest. The overnight flight from Lima to Atlanta took a bit out of us and we are catching up on sleeppier . I am slowly processing over 20Gb of pictures from the week on the Amazon and will post them...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 21, 2009 | Photography, Travel
On January 22nd, 2009, Tina and I join my parents for a once in a lifetime trip to the Peruvian Amazon, the second largest jungle in the world after the Brazilian Amazon. One primary reason for the trip, is to photograph birds. Of the approx 9,672 different species of...
