About Joe.
Byway and trails development professional with a passion for rural tourism, birds and community development.
I like connecting people with places.
Birds from 2022
Other than a visit to Alabama’s Wiregrass (life bird Blue-headed Vireo!!!) and a VERY quick trip to Washington, D.C. for a National Audubon board meeting, we’ve stayed pretty close to home. Multiple trips to Flagg Mountain for a project, but otherwise Shelby County has been about as far afield as I’ve been this year. A…
Alabama Trails Foundation Website
New website for the Alabama Trails Foundation. This nonprofit is working to make access to trails across Alabama a priority. https://alabamatrailsfoundation.org/
New Website for CAWACO
My friends at CAWACO RC&D are very probably my oldest clients. I think I did a print newsletter for them around 2000, just as I was getting started. I built their first website for them a LONG time ago too, back in the days when websites were built using tables and everything was hard coded…
Oh the birds
I’ve been enjoying taking photos of birds for about 10 years now, with very varied success. Here are a few of the ones I’ve snapped through the years. I’m glad I took them all–most aren’t all that good, but it helps me remember when I saw the bird and gives me a better idea of…
Trips during COVID-19
Photos from a May trip to Shoal Creek Park. What a lovely location that we’ve recently added to the Alabama Birding Trails program. It’s really a treasure.
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
—John Muir
Birding Has Become a Part of Life
I’ve worked on the Alabama Birding Trails project since 2010, helping to build community support through a wide array of partners. Chambers of Commerce, tourism groups, bird-watching groups and conservation organizations. I have built three versions of the website, completed a series of posters, developed flash cards, rack cards and dozens and dozens of interpretive and map panels that are erected across Alabama.
Good food, good times
And I’ve always loved food! I’m going to start sharing recipes from time to time again.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photos from Travels Near and Far
