As colder temperatures descended upon Colorado in November, I began to get restless.  It felt unnatural to stay in one place as the season c...

In early April, after leaving my fabulous boondock at Saddle Mountain , I wisely time my drive through downtown Phoenix for a low-traffic Su...

Fellow volunteer friends reported last week that the cranes have now left Bosque del Apache for the season to head north.  What a great wint...

Drive around the tour loops at Bosque del Apache NWR (or any National Wildlife Refuge for that matter) and you're likely see a few side ...

One of my major duties at Bosque del Apache NWR this winter season was to drive a tour van for the 4 free Refuge tours each weekend.  Surpri...

After returning from my quick trip to Florida in mid-December to become a Floridian , I headed up to Colorado for an early Christmas with my...

As we paddled out onto the crystal clear waters of Baja's Bahia de Concepcion last January, little did Millie or I know what monumental ...

Tonight as I drove back home through New Mexico from Colorado (an early Christmas celebration this week with my brother and his family), I w...

As darkness descends on the Chihuahuan desert at our 4500-foot elevation, it can get pretty cold here on a winter night in central New Mexic...

Whew!  What a week it’s been!  Over 6,000 visitors, 15,000 birds, and dozens of tired staff members and volunteers who are now thankful for ...

Since the 18 new volunteers arrived 2 weeks ago, it’s been a flurry of activity here at Bosque del Apache NWR.  Between training sessions, p...

It’s been a busy week at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico!  Not only have our first big flocks of Greater Sa...

That about sums up my first month here at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico.  When I arrived in late Septembe...

With so much uncertainty to my travel schedule this year, I had just about written off any hope of attending my first Balloon Fiesta in Alb...

I decided to spend my last night and morning in Colorado at a place I’ve wanted to see for a long time but had never managed to get to—Great...

I had just over a week between my last work day at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (at the end of April), and the start of my me...

With medical issues now settling into boring old recovery mode (yeah!), it’s now time to catch the blog up on my final month at Bosque del A...

This Monday in May honors all the brave American Armed Forces men and women who sacrificed their lives to provide the freedoms we currently ...

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is well-known for its large migratory flocks of Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese, and ducks that call...

While I wait here in Chicago for my medical fun to begin (June 1st is my new surgery date), I thought I’d start catching the blog up on my t...