Mike and the Harpy Eagle

Last January, Mike went to Columbia to try to find the harpy eagle. He waited outside an eagle’s nest for two days while a large chick hopped around the tree. so, this January, it’s off to Panama. Of course, Chris is invited but sometimes things are a bit too rustic.    This trip involved riding in a motorized canoe for 30 minutes, riding in the back of a pickup truck on a 1x8 board, and getting caught in down pour using a trash bag for a raincoat, but he did see the eagle.

Other photos from this trip are on our Panama blog. 

Back to Belize

We took a trip to Manta Island in Belize to celebrate Chris's 65th birthday. details at Belize Blog

Alaska

We went to Alaska with Arlene and David.  

Alls the details on theAlaska Vacation Blog

Summer of Least Terns

Finally, a productive summer of least terns. Mike spotted them on morning walks when Chris was in Georgia helping Lynn move.

The males bring fish back to the females who wait on the beach.

The courtship ritual involves the transfer of fish.

A few weeks later, Chris spotted a tern cleaning a shell from the rest.

Then, the daily walks  featured  hanging out by the preserve in hopes of spotting a baby tern. Mike dragged out the tripod for videos.

We named the baby Lint at first, since it looks like dryer lint.  We also started calling it Junior.  Eventually, Junior Lint was added as another name.

The biologists built a plastic fence around part of the preserve to keep the babies inside. They banded on a renamed Junior Lint to be Marvin.

We spotted  another nest and followed it for a while (until the mean biologists moved the chicks inside the plastic fence).

A week or two later, we spotted fledglings on the beach and flying.

We are hooked

Six months ago, we went out to Hooked,  a coffee shop that got good reviews  Its a seafood restaurant in the evening and a coffee shop on the morning. However, although they open at 8:00, they weren’t really ready at 8:01 and it was going to take a 15 minutes or so for them to get their act together. So we went somewhere else for breakfast. 

When Chris was in Georgia, Mike went on beach walks to Venice, and eventually made it back to Hooked. They really know what they’re doing and make homemade syrups to flavor coffee drinks. It may be the best iced salted caramel latte ever, But we’ve branched out to more exotic drinks too. The Shuggie is really good, but so is the Cafe Rico.

Chris helped Lynn get prepared to move to the UK

Off to Borneo

We create a new blog for this trip.
Borneo blog