Feb 153 min read
Craning and Crowing: Part V of our Winter Trip to Japan
The reason people go to Kyushu for winter birding is a place called Izumi, where numerous species of Cranes feast on open fields of...
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Feb 143 min read
Kyushu Gulling and Sailing: Part IV of our Winter Trip to Japan, January 2024
Kyushu had never really been in my consciousness - not as a birder, not as a modest student of Japanese culture, not as a traveler. Prior...
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Feb 124 min read
Elevation Sensation on Honshu - Part III of our winter trip to Japan 2024
After the sublime viewing of the Japanese Night-Heron, we drove to our next destination, in the "Japanese Alps" - a higher elevation area...
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Feb 94 min read
The Awesome Power of a Humble Bird: Honshu Days 1 & 2 - Part II of our winter trip to Japan 2024
I had decided to take this trip with stated desires (see Part I) for two massive birds - the Blakiston's Fish Owl and the Steller's...
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Feb 75 min read
Three Islands, Six Cranes, and lots of Conbinis! Part I of our Winter 2024 trip to Japan.
Peggy and I were trying to find the perfect foreign trip for early 2024, but kept on being thwarted. One trip we wanted to take was full;...
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Jan 99 min read
The NBA, and why I love it so
I came to love basketball later in life. Unlike baseball/softball, and even football, I never played basketball as a kid, and by the time...
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Dec 25, 20237 min read
2023 was a Moving Year
2023 was a remarkable year for me and Peggy. I retired from San José State University after 28 years in the saddle there. I am now a...
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