16 April 2024 My room in Monterrey

This is my typical room in Monterrey. The hotel has an acceptable restaurant and there are a few close by restaurants when I am daring. Outside of time at the local facility, it is a quiet, isolated existence. The television broacasts spanish dubbed programs. Long work days make the trips more bearable.

14 April 2024 South of the Border (Again)

Business trips to Mexico are brutal. They start between 3 and 4am when I leave home for the airport. With a two-hour time difference, I am still at the facility 16 hours later when I finally head to my hotel. Sunrise makes it's way above the horizon as the jet heads to a southern first stop.

Breakfast of champions... I always fly coach per company policy. It means three across and a Coke for breakfast.

Sunrise...

Dropping in for the landing....

Time for the office. Three days to a return flight.

13 April 2024 Another Visit to Blue Heron Rookery

It was a good day for ducks.

A lightly colored bluebird checking out the nesting opportunities.

The first trout lily blossom was a gem.

8 April 2024 Viewing an Eclipse

Almost There...

Full Eclipse...

Coming Out...

After the event, the birds didn't seem to have noticed.

Nor did the butterflies.

7 April 2024 Spring Birding at Blue Heron Preserve and Troy Wetlands

We were both eager for a return to the recently opened Blue Heron Preserve

We stopped at Troy Wetlands hoping for another strong birding spot.

5 April 2024 Mergansers at Allegany State Park

I was returning from business in the Niagara Falls area and stopped at Allegany State Park. It was a grey day with snow flakes dotting the air, but the mergansers were worth braving the cold.

They looked as though they were racing.

A brief stop to enjoy the flowing waters...

2 April 2024 Spring Awakens

The stream was running. Bluebells were near to opening. Trout lily leaves were plentiful as spring arrived in Pennsylvania.

31 March 2024 Visiting Local Nature Preserves

It was a grey Easter. We decided to check spring's progress at a local nature area Lucia Nash Preserve. We were greeted by a pair of trumpeter swans and a variety of ducks on the water.

After our walk on the boardwalk, we were greeted by a pair of trumpeter swans and a variety of ducks on the water.

Our walk in the woods showed the progress of spring with skunk cabbage in bloom by a wetlands area.

A beaver gathering tree pieces to add to the lodge.

A distant look on the far shore at two canada geese working on nesting.

30 March 2024 Rookery Eagles Day 2

I didn't expect the pair of eagles to still be on the water's edge at The Rookery, but I wouldn't pass a chance at a second view of these majestic birds.

Sightings like this can be once in a lifetime.