Photo of the Week: Global Big Day 2019

White-bellied black capped bird with white-tipped tail perches on small sapling in field. In the background are muted grasses and yellow flowers.

My Global Big Day of birding this weekend started at 7:14am Saturday morning and ended over 12 hours later at 8:33pm when a Great Blue Heron flew over Metzger Marsh as the sun was setting on the southwestern shore of Lake Erie.

Thankful for a good weather day with no rain, I saw 701 birds in seven locations in the states of Michigan and Ohio.

This year I saw 71 species, with 10 first-of-year birds, including one life bird (a bird I’ve never seen before): Swamp Sparrow. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Global Big Day 2019

Making the World a Better Place Through Web Design: WordCamp Orange County 2019

WordCamp Orange County 2019

Even though I was several thousand miles away, thanks to the WordCamp Orange County 2019 livestream, I was able to watch several sessions of last weekend’s WordCamp.

Shoutout to the conference organizers for providing livestreaming as an option for attending this year’s event.

There was one WordCamp Orange County session I didn’t want to miss: Natalie MacLees presenting Making the World a Better Place Through Web Design in the first session on Saturday morning. Continue reading Making the World a Better Place Through Web Design: WordCamp Orange County 2019