Mid-March in Buenos Aires signals that summer is coming to an end.  So for the next two days I am excited to see what new brush strokes...

A Botanical Garden is a piece of art. It is an illustration of man’s imagination utilizing nature’s design as its center piece.  The...

How can one not be amazed with your first encounter of a Blue-faced Honeyeater? Peering into that penetrating yellow eye, augmented by...

Imagine sleek lines of a tiny duck with a vibrant color scheme of iridescent feathers that is topped off with an incredible headdress...

After arriving at the hotel, we quickly changed our clothes, grabbed our packs and went directly back to the airport, more specifically,...

The shroud of moisture tries its best to not surrender to the rising sun; it feels as if one is peering into another dimension - a lone...

“How long has it been?“ I knew you were going to ask me that, so yesterday I had to go check on my lifelist knowing it was when I...

Until 1988, the San Joaquin Gun Club used this area for recreational duck hunting for more than 60 years. Eventually, urban sprawl swayed...

Grevillea spartina is a tree native to Australia, with an ancient lineage.  It has atypical blooms, no petals, instead the calyx are...

What a wonderful way to end the day, strolling along the Kealia Coastal Boardwalk.  Actually, our arrival on Maui allowed us about two...

Tremulous night sounds drift into the dawn, the horizon captures the first light of the rising sun; her soul, its warmth, emanating...

“Spring is in the air!”  Well, it is actually the aves that are, literally.  And one could not ask for a more suitable representative...

Please do not be alarmed as I am not inferring to a cannibalistic condition of our fellow man, rather the carnivorous diet of certain...

“Senior, adonde vas?” “Sie, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur .” We will see which entrance/road the taxi driver takes me; he takes...

In the heart of Narita, Japan stands Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple. A sculptor of the Buddhist deity Fudo Myo-o, the main sacred object of...

It was a clash of the titans, initiated by the head-on collision of the killer causing its prey to scream out with a loud, buzzing...

“Next stop, Howth!” Traveling east of Dublin, this thirty-minute train ride has reached the end of the line, but it is just the...

“Lily Trotter!” Until you witness this colorful bird’s oversized feet will you then understand why it was given such a title. Imagine...

Usambaras, Ulugurus, Udzungwas. ( “U” want to talk about getting someone's attention! ) These mountain ranges constitute a portion of...

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I recall watching the snow melt revealing a fresh canvas so spring can begin anew. I relished those...