Welcome to Buck’s Stop
My little corner of the world. A place to post photos and muse.
Away from algorithms and authoritarians.
Thought for the Day
“I don’t measure America by its achievement, but by its potential.”
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm , the first Black woman elected to Congress. delivered this sentiment in her 1970 memoir, Unbought and Unbossed. Chisholm often emphasized that America’s promise of civil rights and equality wasn’t something to be celebrated as already realized, but by its capacity to fulfill its democratic promises and create opportunities for all citizens, especially those historically marginalized.
California – July/August ’26
Despite having visited many times, I had never gone birding in California—a state brimming with potential lifers. Summer may not be the ideal season for birding there, but it was the time I had available, and it turned out to…
Panama 2026
From the Darién rainforest to the Chiriqui highlands, Panama delivered 361 bird species — plus Coatis and Iguanas and monkeys and more. [photo: Harpy Eagle female immature]
Colorado – June ’26
The mountains are calling and I must go.