Caladesi Island State Park Clearwater, near Tampa, Florida is known for its beautiful beaches and shell collecting opportunities. And as Uptake blogger Britt Reints pointed out, its beauty, even by Florida beach standards, means that 1,001 people are usually on … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2011
U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition in Imperial Beach, CA July 22-24
Imperial Beach Sandcastle Competition When I was a kid growing up in San Diego, my family used to take a trip to Imperial Beach every July to witness something truly spectacular – the U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition. The outing would … Continue reading
Seaside Florida – The Truman Show Beach Town
A beach near Seaside, Florida Have you seen The Truman Show? If you have, you probably remember all of those gorgeous, white and pastel-colored houses along the beach. So pristine, so perfect. I don’t know about you, but when I … Continue reading
Surfing Geese at Glenwood Whitewater Park
River Surfing And now, a truly light-as-a-feather post: check out these geese “surfing” at Glenwood Whitewater Park. They’re Canadian Geese, apparently — don’t they make you want to go grab your wet suit and join in on the fun? The … Continue reading
Corsica’s Southern Beaches
Corsica is home to some of the best beaches the Mediterranean has to offer. Vimeo user Emeric’s video highlighting the southern part of the island portrays some of the island’s beautiful landscapes. When it comes to Corsica, I believe that … Continue reading
Clouds I Like
When I was in high school I found in the library a book about clouds. It was a big thick tome filled with color photos of clouds described and classified. A cloud bible it was. I’m quite sure I was … Continue reading
Don’t Plan Your Florida Beach Vacation Around “Average” Water Temperatures
Note: If the video keeps pausing to load, you can click through to watch it on YouTube and it will probably perform better. What if the “average” temperature of the water at the beach in Florida is 82 degrees? How … Continue reading
Moon Fiji eBook
The 9th edition of Moon Fiji is now available electronically worldwide on Amazon.com in a Kindle edition at US$9.99.
Dive Adrenalin Fiji
The main watersports operator at Nadi, Fiji, is Adrenalin Fiji at the Port Denarau Retail Center and six major Denarau Island resorts. The company’s dive center was recently granted PADI five star status.
Billy Shiel – a legend in his own time
Billy Shiel (John Walton) Friday 17th June comments: Today has been a sad day for the Farne Islands as it has lost one of its own. News broke early this morning that Billy Shiel had passed away in the early … Continue reading
Almost finished
Counting on the outer group with pinnacle in background 1, 2, 3……Ciaran counting Wez taking notes taken Sunday 12th June comments: Despite the weather, despite the advanced stages of the breeding season, the counting is almost complete. The cliff counts … Continue reading
Goodbye…
Guillemot with chick Guillemot chick – leaving after 21 days Saturday 11th June comments: I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again….just how quick is the season progressing? On Friday evening we witnessed a true ‘Farnes experience’ as hundred’s … Continue reading
Life!
Welcome to the world…an Arctic Tern chick (Wez Smith) Hatching everywhere Adults with food (Joe Cockram) Thursday 9th June comments: Life! In the last few days we’ve had a mass hatching of Arctic Tern chicks across the islands and soon … Continue reading
Wardens on tour!
An eastern gem – White-throated Robin (Andy Denton) Team on a wall Birding from a ladder… …and a van! Tuesday 7th June comments: It was no ordinary day on the Farnes yesterday or should I say off it. The day … Continue reading
Nest counts continue
The count starts on Brownsman Ciaran and co counting on Brownsman Sunday 5th June comments:The weather has changed yet again, despite me thinking that we had turned the corner. The Brownsman team were up early ready for their nest count … Continue reading
Inner Farne counted!!
03:50 – dawn over the islands and the counting starts Counted – a Black-headed Gull nest The lads at work – counting every inch Intense Sandwich Tern colony count A happy but very tired Inner Farne team – job complete! … Continue reading
Cliff counts begin!
Ed, Ciaran and Jack taking it on (David Steel) Kittiwakes to count (David Steel) Thursday 2nd June comments: And so it begins. Today we started just after 6am for a three hour cliff count across all the islands. The process … Continue reading
Start of a new month
Another photo of yesterday’s Black-headed Bunting (Jamie Coleman) Puffins feeding chicks galore (Andy Denton) Arctic Tern nesting in good numbers (Graeme Duncan) Wednesday 1st June comments: The first day of June…where has time gone! It’s a big date in the … Continue reading
Flavour of the East
Black-headed Bunting joy (Ciaran Hatsell) Showing well (Ciaran Hatsell) Feeding well on Staple (Ciaran Hatsell) Tuesday 31st May comments: What a day. What is it with me and Buntings on the Farnes? Several years ago I missed a Black-headed on … Continue reading
Portable Solar Powered Boat
Solar Powered Catamaran This could all be possible if the Solar Powered Catamaran pictured here is built. The boat which seats four is adorned with a sheet of solar cells that provide enough power to propel the boat through … Continue reading