On my way back to Texas, I spent a week in one of my favorite areas to bird, the sky islands of southern Arizona. What are sky islands and why are they a major draw for birders? Arizona’s sky islands…
California Desert, August 11 – 13
Joshua Tree National Park and the Salton Sea area were new to me. Harsh beauty that’s not my ideal, but interesting to explore. I camped at Lake Cahuilla, a cement-lined reservoir filled with water diverted from the Colorado River. The…
Southern California, August 6 – 10
I continued down the coast to San Diego and as far as the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge next to the border with Mexico. If I had to live in a large metropolitan area, San Diego would probably be my…