Tag Archives: wildlife I was out walking on local wetlands not long ago, and as we were listening to the chirping in the trees, one of my companions asked if I was a “bird watcher”. I had to confess that while I enjoy watching birds, as a photographer I’m usually too slow to get decent pictures of them! […]  “There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.” – John Dryden, The Spanish Friar (1681) “There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.” That is the Dryden quote that opens Gerald Durrell’s first book: My Family and Other Animals. And an apposite quote it is! When I first read the book as a young adult, I remember […]  “You will need a bare minimum of three days to see the sights along the Yellowstone road system,” says the Yellowstone Visitors Guide. They are not exaggerating! The Guide goes on to say: “Only 3% of Yellowstone’s visitors ever venture more than 100 yards from the road! Getting out of your car and taking even […]  As politically-incorrect as it might be, I love visiting zoos. There is something magical about being able to get up close-and-personal to some of the world’s wild creatures. Ok – so they are not entirely wild creatures when they are held, and often born and bred, in captivity. I understand the arguments for and against zoos, […] |
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