Bike Touring San Juan Islands- Lopez Island
This summer I finally conquered a trip that had been on my bucket list for a decade: Bike Touring San Juan Islands. Sounds exotic, right? It was actually way easier and more familiar than I thought it would be. Though traveling by ferry was different, the ferry schedule was easy to follow. Like a bus…
Painted Hills I
They don’t call the Painted Hills one of Oregon’s Seven Wonders for nothing. The eight wonder is why I’d never visited before. Truthfully, I never liked the desert. It’s hot, dry, exposed, I’m more of a lush, green forest kind of girl. But that’s what birding does. It opens the world up to possibility even in…
October-November yard birds
Who’s excited about Downy Woodpeckers in their yard? This gal! Confirmed male. And female. Pretty exciting news. I hope they stick around. And I hope they make little downy chicks in the spring for cuteness’ sake. This week has been all about gobs of Pine Siskins eating gobs of sunflower seeds. (and a House Finch…