Last month, we traveled to Yellowstone National Park with a small group from Denver, a trip offered in coordination with Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Dates were chosen to correspond with several fall highlights at Yellowstone including elk rut, bird migration, bear hyperphagy (a state of overeating prior to winter hibernation), cooler temperatures, and smaller […]
Read PostAll of us had our heart set on seeing wolves during our three guided days in Yellowstone. During the summer months when Yellowstone visitation peaks, wolf sightings decline. Raising pups keeps most members close to den sites so it’s a rare occurrence to see a wolf in summer. A fall trip was selected for a […]
Read PostEarlier this month, Reefs to Rockies’ co-founder Sheridan Samano escorted a group of travelers from Audubon Society of Greater Denver to Yellowstone National Park. We carpooled from Denver, leaving the morning the major flooding started in Colorado. After spending our first night in Dubois, Wyoming, we headed west to Grand Tetons National Park and then […]
Read PostWe spent a week birding near Cape May, NJ with members of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Cape May is recognized as a birding hotspot. The peninsula provides critical habitat for birds as they migrate through the region. This trip coincided with spawning by horseshoe crabs along Delaware Bay beaches. Birding sites included Cape […]
Read PostLabeled living fossils, horseshoe crabs date back in the fossil record more than 350 million years. Not true crabs at all, these marine animals are actually more closely related to spiders and scorpions than Crustaceans (the group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp). Spring moons summon horseshoe crabs from the ocean floor to beaches and […]
Read PostOn the way back to Philadelphia International Airport after a week near Cape May, New Jersey, we stopped for a final burst of birding at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tanicum. The refuge is only one mile from the airport, yet it’s home to more than 300 species of birds throughout the year. Eighty […]
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