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Prague, Part 10: Vltava River

Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography, Travel, tagged , , , on 15 January, 2010 | 6 Comments »

The Vltava River (AKA the Moldau if you’re in Germany) flows through the middle of Prague, bisecting the historic district.  On the east side are Old Town, the Jewish Quarter, and New Town, and on the west are Lesser Town and Prague Castle. The Vltava River, from Vyšehrad

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Prague, Part 2: Vyšehradský hřbitov (Vyšehrad cemetery)

Posted in Birding, Photography, Travel, tagged , , , , on 28 September, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Next to the imposing Basilica of St. Peter and Paul in Vyšehrad lies the compact, pretty Vyšehrad hřbitov (Vyšehrad Cemetery).  Open from roughly 9-5,  it´s a must-visit for anyone in the area due to both its lovely tombstones, and the fact that a number of notable Czechs are buried there. Vyšehrad cemetery

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Prague, Part 1: Vyšehrad

Posted in Architecture, Birding, Photography, Travel, tagged , , , on 23 September, 2009 | 16 Comments »

Since I was in Prague for half business, half pleasure, and we wound up visiting many of its popular sites more than once, instead of doing a timeline-based travelogue, I will instead dedicate each post in this series to an area or monument in Prague. Please forgive in advance any funny typos involving y or [...]

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Radio Road Birding

Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography on 4 September, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Tuesday, 16 June 2009: I swung by the Radio Road ponds after work,  ummm, 2.5 months ago (what? me behind on photos?  nahh!), hopeful to see a reported Caspian Tern fledgling. Northern Pintail / Anas acuta

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Joshua Tree/SoCal Trip – Part XI – Living Desert, LA, and home

Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography, Travel on 2 September, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Thursday, 30 April 2009 (continued from here): After our fun little hike at Tahquitz Canyon, we had a delicious breakfast at Chubby’s, where I ordered a bacon flight consisting of 5 different types of bacon (yeah!), and then checked out and headed a half-dozen miles south to Palm Desert/Indian Wells, where we visited the Living [...]

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