Erika explores Charleston’s Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Category: travel
Appreciating the Black Vulture
Let’s face it, vultures get a bad rap. North Carolina is home to both Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures, but when the birds are encountered most people wrinkle their noses, turned off by their dietContinue reading
Counting Down the Nature Preserves with Schenck Forest
With graduation this weekend, I’ve found myself increasingly pushing to see as many Triangle nature preserves as possible before my time in Durham is up.
Out with the Old and in with the New: Birds that is
We are now in the throes of spring migration, and many wintering species have begun their journey north, while neotropical migrants have arrived from their cold winter homes in Central and South America. It isContinue reading
Birding Berkeley
Erika birds California for the first time, discovering five new life birds during her first day at Berkeley.
Birding Sunrise in Alabama
I have seen a lot of sunsets in my life. My memory is peppered with bright red and gold skies along beaches, on walks home from campus, and across mountaintop vistas, but my experience with sunrises are much more sporadic. A few road trips, early morning flights here and there, but by and large I have missed one half of the world’s most beautiful sunlight displays.