Posted May 1 2021 from Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA We had a nice migration fallout on Beacon Hill today, May 1st, by far the biggest pulse of the year so far. Mainly Yellow-rumped Warblers, but also including Wilson's Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, a MacGillivray's Warbler and a...
Posted from Seattle, WA on April 18, 2021 After a winter that featured above-normal precip and lower-than-average temps in key months, Seattle has become a blast furnace—well, maybe people around the country don’t consider temps in the high 70’s to be like a “blast furnace,” –but...
Posted on March 31, 2021 from Seattle, WA On a whim I published 7 or 10 digital prints of Whales Starboard sized at 24 x 36, by far the largest print I have ever published. I priced them at $60, and to my surprise, they are...
Posted March 24, 2021 We've all probably heard of a “Surrogate Mother.” But have we heard of a “surrogate wetland?” Leave it to California to birth the concept. In that state, Rice-farmers are flooding their land during the off-season--turning rice fields into temporary wetlands that can be...
Posted from Seattle on March 6, 2021 This winter we have sauntered out to Granite Creek in hopes of seeing the White-winged Crossbill flock that seems to be stationed there but are not always easy to find-- We dipped on them thrice, but each time were...
Posted from Seattle, WA on Feb. 15, 2021 There has been plenty of pushback against the pessimism suffusing the messaging around masks and distancing, but most of it has emanated from the segment of society that thinks of empathy as a four letter word. (It...
I have about 6 more Bat paintings to start and then I have to finish all the Bats. Then add numbers and text and produce the poster. The whole project is on a fast track. This is a revolutionary way to present Bats, with 5...
Posted from Seattle, WA on Jan 23, 2021 I was worried and fretful about this trip to the BioResearch Ranch, which we knew would be in the middle of a severe drought that has settled over much of the west, with the Bootheel being among the...
As the Corona virus pandemic shows, the world just needs to love Bats more! And Halloween paraphernalia is going to have to become more biologically accurate! I confess I've never known anything about the various Bat species that live in my state or others for...
Posted October 16, 2020 from Seattle WA The ad featured in this blog should be in the Sunday Seattle Times this week (Oct 18, 2020.) In the ad I endorse Joe Biden (and implicitly Kamala Harris) and thank him for his reluctance to sign on with the...
Posted September 23, 2020 from Upper Post Office Canyon I didn't know Bears kissed so much! When our young dynamic researcher friends Emily and John suggested putting a game-cam at the wildlife tank just up-canyon from the house here, I thought, "Oh, that's nice, maybe they'll get some great...
Posted through smoke on sad anniversary day of September 11, 2020 Birds, especially the Neotropicals--the birds that migrate south to the Tropics every fall--love to take baths, regardless of the weather. But as smoke today descended on Butyl Creek (our 12-foot recirculating creek on Beacon Hill)...
Posted or at least begun on August 20 , 2020 I was looking through old mostly failed paintings when I found one of a Belted Kingfisher at what used to be called the Winslow Ferry dock. I definitely haven't added any condos, but I believe...
BirdLife International blasts Europe’s so-called “Green Deal” Posted July 1, 2020 By making a devilish alliance with an industry, environmental leaders are stealing any hope the Earth has left to halt climate change. Somewhere, somehow, agricultural biofuels and biomass (burning wood) got an early and permanent blessing...
Posted from the Central Peloncillo Mtns, New Mexico, May 19, 2020 Delia and I arrived late in Tucson, too late to bird the Airport Wash. But we noticed a sign of the times as we headed out: seven Javelinas headed out for a night on the town. The...
Posted May 9, 2020 Hi all, Many of the Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers seem to have already departed for points north or up. (Many Yellow-rumps high in the Cascades, Orange-crowneds as far north as the Brooks Range in Alaska.) The next wave has arrived, Here is one of...
Posted May 6, 2020 from Seattle Publishing, like blogging can be done safely during a shutdown so I have prepped and labored and am happy to say I have 10 new prints that I am very excited about. They can be found at 6 x 8...
Posted from Seattle, WA on Earth Day, April 22, 2020. The head tax is a bad idea. It runs up against a law of microeconomics, that cannot be rescinded by elected officials. That is the law of the downward-sloping-demand-curve that says that if you tax something,...
Posted from Seattle, WA April 10 2020 Here is a male Yellow-rumped Warbler in Butyl Creek, April 11, 2020 This Wilson's Warbler, bathing on the Creek on April 27th, illustrates a pet peeve of wildlife artists. If you painted this bird in the pose shown, everybody,...
posted from Seattle, WA on March 26, 2020 The photo is a bit haunting and emotional for me. It could never have been taken in 2019. The Newsstand is gone. Right through to the last day that the Ed Newbold Wildlife Store was open this March,...
Posted from Seattle WA on March 20, and updated on April 5th, 2020 in the time of Corona My friend Paul (not Newman) likes to go out to Cape Alava and spend a few nights. He and his cousin were at hole-in-the-wall when they witnessed a...
posted on Jan 31, 2020 from Seattle, WA. Ad opposing the LCFS to run in Sunday Seattle Times, Feb 23 All that Glitters is not Green is the headline. The kicker is "Low-carbon fuel standard is bad policy." Here is the text: With the Creation in peril,...