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Journeys - tekijä: Jan Morris

Field guide to the birds of North America

Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously - tekijä: Julie Powell

Propero's Cell & Reflections on a Marine Venus - tekijä: Lawrence Durrell

Sheltering Sky - tekijä: Paul Bowles

Jaguar: Struggle and Triumph in the Jungles of Belize - tekijä: Alan Rabinowitz

Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain - tekijä: Michael Paterniti

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Ryhmät1001 Books to read before you die, 50 Book Challenge, Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies, Birds, Birding & Books, Humor, List Five Books Parlour Game, Non-Fiction Readers, Pro and Con, Reading Globally, Travel and Exploration literature — näytä kaikki ryhmät , What Are You Reading Now?

Tietoja minusta Bibliophile, birder, amateur naturalist and photographer, armchair and real time traveler, kayaker, retired R.N. media junkie.

Some favorite authors: Mark Twain, Carl Sagan, Graham Greene, Lawrence Durrell, Gerald Durrell, E.B. White, Paul Theroux, Redmond O'Hanlon, Bill Bryson, David Sedaris, Edward Abbey,Jared Diamond, Scott Weidensaul.

See "Tropics' 2007 List So Far" for books read last year (mostly non-fiction).

I am listing this year's reads on a monthly basis on 50 Book Challenge (e.g. "Tropics' July list".)

Recently finished reading:

"ANOTHER DAY IN THE FRONTAL LOBE: A BRAIN SURGEON EXPOSES LIFE ON THE INSIDE" by Katrina Firlik.

"TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS" by Ryszard Kapuscinski

"DRIVING MR. ALBERT: A TRIP ACROSS AMERICA WITH EINSTEIN'S BRAIN" BY Michael Paterniti.

Currently reading "THE GHOST WITH TREMBLING WINGS; SCIENCE, WISHFUL THINKING AND LOST SPECIES" by Scott Weidensaul and "THE LONG EMERGENCY: SURVIVING THE CONVERGING CATASTROPHES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY" by James Howard Kunstler.

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"The days are dust
And in the wind
They spill and tumble.
Here an Ancient Mariner
There a Kubla Khan;
They fall
And are no more." (unknown author)

Tietoja kirjastostani Always expanding despite easy access to an excellent public library system. Books catalogued are limited to those actually on my shelves that I've read and do not include numerous books checked out from libraries over the years or those awaiting me in sizeable TBR piles.

Oikea nimiCarol

SijaintiSonoran desert, U.S.A.

LempikirjailijatEi määritelty

Käyttäjätilin tyyppijulkinen, elinaikainen

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Wow, Tropics, we've a remarkable number of similar interests. I'm always scrounging TBR titles and am looking forward to viewing your library. Regards,

Steve

Lähettänyt: Sandydog1 11:00 am (EST) Jul 19, 2008

Hello Carol! I don't know about a privilege, but I think people find the experience compares favourably with root canal work! We do our best to make sure people have a great vacation while learning about each particular country and, of course, seeing a lot of great birds. At the end of the day, it's more of a privilege for someone like me to be able to share some of the wonders of nature and to be outdoors in wild areas. I have happy memories of birding and staying in Madera Canyon from a number of different visits. What a wonderful place for a home patch. If you ever get the chance to go birding with Rick in Arizona - I know he leads Audubon trips when he can - it is well worth doing. His knowledge of Arizona's natural history is very impressive.

I'm not sure where you might have birded in a coffee plantation here as there are many great birding sites within Andean shade coffee plantations. It would probably have been in the lower Santo Domingo Valley somewhere - Rio Barragan, Altamira, La Soledad, San Isidro (if there were Cocks-of-the-Rock). Interestingly, unlike countries like Costa Rica, we have a lot of real shade coffee and these habitats are tremendously important for migrant and resident species alike. Cerulean Warbler is just one of the threatened species that winter in Venezuelan shade coffee areas.

Thanks again for your note. Who knows, perhaps our paths will cross one day? Happy birding! Chris

Lähettänyt: chrisharpe 1:06 pm (EST) Jun 9, 2008

Hello there Carol! I happened to be logged in and just got your message. So you were in Venezuela in 1999 - I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Where did you go? I've been lucky enough to get to Costa Rica every year since 1999 to lead a tour for a company based not far from where you live - Borderland Tours of Tucson - perhaps you know Rick Taylor or Barbara Bickel? That's a lovely part fo the world, especially for birders! Many thanks for sending me your message. Happy birding! Chris

Lähettänyt: chrisharpe 2:01 pm (EST) Jun 6, 2008

Tropics, thanks again for the link! Those sorts of sites are hard to find with my computer because the connection is so s - l - o - w!

Lähettänyt: Facetious_Badger 5:20 pm (EST) May 25, 2008

Thanks for the link! I've been going through it gradually. Hopefully I'll be able to make some sense of the birds I'm seeing.

Lähettänyt: Facetious_Badger 7:36 pm (EST) May 24, 2008

Oh, I didn't realize how my earlier post came across. I said it wasn't that adventurous in reference to my uneventful, fobbit-approved job ;-). The most 'danger' I see runs along the lines of badly aimed, ancient IDF rounds.

Lähettänyt: Facetious_Badger 6:46 pm (EST) May 23, 2008

I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on my birding out here. There isn't much in the way of adventure (not that I'm complaining).

Lähettänyt: Facetious_Badger 1:14 pm (EST) May 23, 2008

Tropics,

you're welcome! It just took thumbing through a few pages and there they both were!

Happy reading :)

Lähettänyt: fasciknitting 9:12 am (EST) May 20, 2008

Glad you liked it :-) There are larger versions available here, just in case you're interested!

Lähettänyt: LizT 3:49 pm (EST) Mar 9, 2008

That particular sheep didn't lend me its wool. It was showing off at a very small fleece fest at the Prospect Park Zoo here in Brooklyn last April.

Lähettänyt: AnnaClaire 10:20 am (EST) Mar 6, 2008

I'm also SqueakyChu on GeoBirds. I just got a new digital camera for my birthday. I think it might be fun to try my hand at taking picture of birds and posting them (once I learn how to use the camera better).

Lähettänyt: SqueakyChu 1:47 pm (EST) Feb 1, 2008

I already signed up on geoBirds but I don't know how to friend you there. :-(

Lähettänyt: SqueakyChu 1:44 pm (EST) Feb 1, 2008

Welcome to Pro and Con. Thanks for joining. There are some really intriguing people here, and I enjoying reading what others are saying...as well as joining the fray!

Lähettänyt: Arctic-Stranger 5:47 pm (EST) Oct 26, 2007

A very belated reply: that's a wonderful anecdote! I'm so glad he made the effort to help you find the right 'Ryd'. What finally turned out to be your favourite country/city after those 4 1/2 months in Europe?

Lähettänyt: desideo 3:31 pm (EST) Oct 18, 2007

I suppose I should admit to eating it as well... creamed, on toast, with fresh thyme! Mmm.

Admission no. 2: I had to look Almundsryd up. I thought it would be close to Tingsryd, which it sort of is. At least I got the landscape right! (The 'ryd' suffix gave it away.) Were your grandparents from Småland originally?

Lähettänyt: desideo 7:17 pm (EST) Sep 23, 2007

I was just reading your post in List Five Books parlour game and had to follow your link to your bio. Great profile. And we agree 100% on Catch 22, Guns Germs & Steel great reads. I always feel the need to give kudos to interesting people so consider yourself...kudosed? Oh well, you know what I mean...:)

Lähettänyt: survivingniki 9:15 am (EST) Sep 19, 2007

Thank you for your comment, Tropics. It is nice to meet you.

I envy you being down there in AZ. From what I hear it's one of the Meccas of birding in the lower 48. I will definitely have to visit there some winter. Anyway, I'm sure migration will be there shortly, if it hasn't started already.

Yours,

Lähettänyt: Mustapha_Mond 10:51 pm (EST) Sep 10, 2007

Hi, Carol,
I live in the sonoran desert also, been here permanently for five years and a bit.
When you work with addicts ad addictions, you find yourself using their language. Jonesing means to really want something, as in an addict really need a fix of whatever his drug of choice is. I think that we professionals picked it up, because it's easier to communicate with someone when you speak their language. It seems to have spilled over to the civilian population. Usually it just means you really want something, a cup of coffee, a diamond necklace, a piece of chocolate. That's all

Lähettänyt: siubhank 4:48 pm (EST) Sep 8, 2007

I should have read your profile before posting my last comment. Just wanted to say that the Sonoran Desert is a wonderful place. My husband visited the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum several years ago while in Tucson for a conference. We returned to the area on vacation a couple years ago and made a beeline for it. That and Saguaro National Park were the highlights of the visit.

Lähettänyt: lindsacl 6:53 am (EST) Sep 8, 2007

Thank you for the link to the photos! They are wonderful!

Lähettänyt: lindsacl 6:51 am (EST) Sep 8, 2007

Regarding "Shake Hands With the Devil": I have read selected parts of the book, as necessary for the research I did several years ago during grad school, but have not yet read the book cover to cover. It is one of several that I have waiting on my shelves that were consulted but not read in full.

Lähettänyt: grkmwk 12:26 pm (EST) Aug 27, 2007

I had a flood in my office some time ago and quite a few books got drowned. They don't dry out too well, but I found it very hard to throw them away.

I've got the Inflatable Pig book now, shall read it next week when I'm (officially) on holiday. There's a long list of really horrible tasks awaiting me! But I shall sneak a bit of time for LT.

Lähettänyt: GeraniumCat 11:37 am (EST) Aug 6, 2007

You can have all my hadedas. ;-) They're evil, noisy and messy. I live very close to a golf course so I get to hear them all the time, sometimes even at night. As if that wasn't bad enough, a group of them have now decided that they like the roof of the apartment block directly across from me. Every time I look out the window or go to the garden, there they are, staring at me. Sometimes they come to my garden. My cat is terrified of them. They hiss at him and chase him away. It's great entertainment. :0)

Lähettänyt: izzybee 2:23 pm (EST) Aug 2, 2007

You probably saw "Sorrow's Kitchen ..." in the Complete Sentences category, but I had used it earlier as well as one of the 5 titles that have most grabbed my attention; it's been a long time since I read it. I was going to write to say that you seem to have really liked my "Islands" game as you made multiple entries there!

Lähettänyt: Seajack 1:17 pm (EST) Jul 29, 2007

Thank you for your sweet comment... Thankfully I was able to save [i]some[/i] of my grandpa's books. Love your picture!

Lähettänyt: Heather19 10:31 pm (EST) Jul 26, 2007

Hi again, Carol! I've been away, too, but nowhere exciting. Oregon sounds great - here in the UK it has rained relentlessly for weeks; even here, where we have missed the floods, everything is wet, so I shall get the other Gimlette book, as reading about Paraguay may take my mind off constantly wet feet (and dogs).

When I was a kid my dad made and sold lapidary equipment, so we used to have people show up from collecting trips all over the world, with rocks and sometimes fossils, and seaside visits always involved trudging along staring at the ground, no sandcastles for us!

Have a great trip!

Jodie

Lähettänyt: GeraniumCat 5:28 am (EST) Jul 23, 2007

a smile your way, i love the picture!

Lähettänyt: Tim_Watkinson 8:30 am (EST) Jun 28, 2007

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