I’ve shared travelogues on the majority of our South America trip: the Galapagos Islands, watching Condors in Colca Canyon, hiking the Lares Trek, visiting Machu Picchu, and two posts highlighting the rest of our time in Peru. But there’s one day I haven’t posted about yet: the day we spent in Mindo touring a chocolate… Continue reading Mindo, Ecuador
Tag: birds
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
I’ve been having trouble thinking about how to tell you about H is for Hawk. It’s a difficult book to describe, because it’s unlike anything else I’ve ever read. (It can be done though, because Kathryn Schulz’s review of it in the New Yorker is fantastic.) Let’s start with an oversimplified list of the main topics: Helen… Continue reading H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Condors
One of the most incredible parts of our time in Peru was the morning we spent watching Condors fly across Colca Canyon. We woke up early in the morning on Condor Day. We were staying in Chivay, a small town in the Colca Valley. We had to drive about 2 hours to the the Condor… Continue reading Condors
Backyard Birds of Brooklyn
(Note: I am currently traveling for a month in South America, and am on a short blog hiatus while I’m away. I wrote this post before I left and scheduled it to post. While I’m off on a quest to see the amazing animals of the Galapagos and the Amazon, I thought it would be… Continue reading Backyard Birds of Brooklyn