The Everglades National Park was the first place where we felt like honest-to-goodness birders. We walked around book in hand, binoculars on point, ears wide open. Our heightened senses weren’t necessary; birds are everywhere! The Park’s famed Anhinga Trail follows a boardwalk through a densely inhabited landscape. The birds (and the alligators) seem too content [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Birdwatching Week: Everglades National Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Birdwatching, Everglades, Florida on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday Gab!: Zion National Park
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, we said that today we would profile a “globally important birding area within the National Park Service”. You say, “I didn’t know Zion National Park was known for birding. I thought that park was famous for its beautiful scenery centered around the profound steep gorges shaped by the Virgin River.” You would be [...]
Unexpected Temperature Week: Yellowstone National Park
Posted in National Parks on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Spring has arrived in Pennsylvania! And just when our not-as-hot-as-expected series is ending. Coincidence?
The last stop on our unexpected temperature tour is Yellowstone National Park. It is August. Late August. Summer’s peak. It’s chilly. 45 degrees and cold rain. We pitch our tent and gingerly read the weather forecast. 20-degrees tonight, 50% chance of snow. [...]
H.O.T. Hot Week: Death Valley National Park
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wasn’t spring supposed to arrive a few weeks ago? Isn’t that what Punxsutawney Phil said? This week at USA-C2C.com we are highlighting three H-O-T hot National Park destinations with the hope that it brings sweltering thoughts and helpful warm fronts to combat the coldness.
Our hot, hot, hot retrospective has taken us to California’s Pinnacles National [...]
H.O.T. Hot Week: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Wasn’t spring supposed to arrive a few weeks ago? Isn’t that what Punxsutawney Phil said? This week at we are highlighting three H-O-T hot National Park destinations with the hope that it brings sweltering thoughts and helpful warm fronts to combat the coldness.
Monday’s stop was California’s Pinnacles National Monument. Today we head up the Pacific [...]
H.O.T. Hot Week: Pinnacles National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wasn’t spring supposed to arrive a few weeks ago? Isn’t that what Punxsutawney Phil said? This week we are highlighting three H-O-T hot National Park destinations with the hope that it brings sweltering thoughts and helpful warm fronts to combat the coldness.
Our first stop is Pinnacles National Monument. Our May visit to this little known [...]
