Spangler WOOD & BIRDS

8 day, 1500-mile birding tour around South Texas, featuring 246 species of birds, plus lots of other animals.

Second Puerto Rico trip this year—this time to the island of Vieques. Snorkeling, fishing, birding, bio bay, etc.

Why would we head to the desert during the hottest June on Planet Earth in recorded human history?

This was our first trip to Puerto Rico. We covered a lot of ground, and I found all 18 birds endemic to the island.

Very short, but very sweet, trip to the Yucatán Peninsula for a friend’s wedding

We flew across the country for a two-night trip featuring my cousin-in-law’s wedding in Calistoga. Three themes: wedding, wildlife, driving.

Backpacking in Utah's High Uintas Wilderness and camping on the Great Salt Lake. Lots of birds, lots of moose!

We put down our roots at the Killiehuntly farmstead estate in the Cairngorms National Park.

2-week tour of Scotland's highlands and islands, Part 1. Edinburgh, Skye, Eriska, Oban, Ben Nevis.

This May we headed to the far western part of the state for my sister-in-law’s wedding in Highlands, NC.

I explored the Front Range over the weekend, squeezing in some birding, hiking, and hanging out.

Nature-filled winter vacation to Cumberland Island, GA and Dunedin, FL. In short: Bobcat, Ani, Eel, Sea Turtle.

Summer trip to McAllister, Montana, with at least as many lifer mammals as lifer birds.

The fourth day of a weeklong vacation in Montana involved a day trip to Yellowstone, packed full of geological and mammalian wonders.

Christmas vacation this year consisted of a mostly coastal three-part trip to NC, SC, and FL.

We flew into Portland and drove a rental car up and down the coast (all the way to the Canadian border), splitting our 7 nights between

This post covers the fourth leg of the trip, a 5-day solo birding adventure that took me across the northern half of the state.

My wife and I spiced up the end of 2020 with a long Christmas road trip down to Florida. The trip involved a healthy mix of...

My wife and I spent an active 4-day weekend visiting friends near Charleston, SC and exploring the surrounding lowcountry.

My wife and I spent an adventurous 6 full days between Christmas and New Years exploring north of San Francisco.