Cedar Waxwings and Robins
The high pitched whistles of Cedar Waxwings give them away before you see them, and sometimes they are hiding in plain sight. Large flocks of Cedar Waxwings have been breezing…
MOTUS Tower Provides a Whole New Look at Bird Migration
Our MOTUS tower has been active for eight months now and I will admit to checking the data every day here. Using radio towers to collect and distribute information is…
Streaming Internet Services and Costs
Several people have asked me which streaming and Internet services we use and how much we saved by discontinuing old school (non-streaming) services. As an indication, I literally unbolted my…
Internet Access – November 2019 Update
Our cellular LTE residential data service has dramatically improved. With excellent technical and customer support help from Elliott Friedman at E. T. Friedman Consulting, we ordered a new MoFi v2…
Don’t miss the Butterflies this week!
Monarch migration coincides here with the bloom of the male groundsel plant. The female plants are also blooming, and in a few weeks, they'll send their wispy seeds aloft to…
Returning to Dewees after Dorian with Gratitude
We are back on the island, and working our way back to normal. The kids are back in school. Evacuating isn't my favorite part of living on an island. For…
Webcams on Dewees Island for Hurricane Dorian and Current Weather Conditions
Webcam pointed at Dewees Island Impoundment Facing Southwest Webcam pointed at Dewees Island Chapel Pond Facing Northwest Webcam pointed at Birdfeeder Cam Facing Southeast Typically this is focused on birdfeeders…
Prepping for storms
At the moment, all eyes are on hurricane Dorian. I get asked a lot of questions about hurricanes, and normally when we're prepping to leave or hunker down, everything is…
An Evening at Big Bend Dock
An evening at Big Bend Dock I walk across the long, narrow dock toward what can only be considered an island edge, the intermediary zone between civilization and creation. I…
August Summer Programs
We are winding down the last few weeks of summer, but there's still great stuff to do. You can print an entire list of August summer programs here. You can…